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Wednesday, November 01, 2006
No, Our Government Isn't The Least Bit Crazy.
Found this on Sybermoms.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2006 — If you're single and in your 20s, the federal government wants you to steer clear of sex.

That's the new guidance for states under the Department of Health and Human Services' $50 million Abstinence Education Program. HHS officials say it's not a requirement — just another option for states to combat what they call an alarming rise in out-of-wedlock births.

A record 1.5 million babies were born to single mothers in 2004, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. More than half of them were born to women in their early 20s.

Critics of the guidelines, such as James Wagoner, president of a group whose top goal is a "society that views sexuality as normal and healthy," say such statistics illustrate that most people in their 20s are already having sex.

Wagoner's group, Advocates for Youth, argues that it's futile to try to sell 20-somethings on chastity. He says birth control is a smarter way to prevent pregnancies.

"This is a clear signal that they're using these resources — taxpayer dollars — to promote an ideological agenda," Wagoner says. "It has nothing to do with public health."
ABC News Link

So here, we as a country are, pretty much admitting that teaching abstinance is a joke, and now asking our adults not to have sex? Is the government aware that fertility decreases and abnormalties rises, with age? Don't you think they should be?

Hey! Here's a thought, if we are worried about out-of-wedlock children, perhaps our country should offer low cost, long term birth control to every woman. Hmmm, maybe because all of our financial resources are tied up in Iraq?

Hey, here's another thought! If our country is worried about providing for these children born out of wedlock, how about we not outsource our jobs so our families have a job to go to?

Care to add a "Hey! Here's a thought!"?
1 Comments:
Blogger Jennifer said...
Yeah, I don't think I will ever get this. Let's be ass backwards and turn the clock back about 50-60 years. How stupid.