Stop telling us Americans what to do. We need to make our own choices.....
Agreed. Women 19 -29 should be able to do as they wish. If they want to have children out of wedlock… thats their business. But heres the problem....How many of these fatherless children are now on some type of government assistance. In these cases, which are far from uncommon, we as Americans are all negatively impacted by their “adult” choices. No society has ever flourished very long due to its immorality.
Once you meet the age of majority, the government should leave you alone.
I think we all wish it was that easy. If there was only some magical potion everyone could drink on their 18th birthday, and from then on....everyone would make responsible decisions. Ahhhhhhh Utopia
Diogenes - The Cynic of Sinope - 07:10pm on 10/31/2006
But heres the problem....How many of these fatherless children are now on some type of government assistance. In these cases, which are far from uncommon, we as Americans are all negatively impacted by their “adult” choices.
We as Americans are all negatively impacted could be said about the drunk driver that hits another car killing 4 people. How about smoking tobacco and the way that smokers have health care costs rise because of the known dangers? Most of those people cannot pay for the treatments, so the average American taxpayer has to take up the slack.
I agree that responsibility is the key here. That is why education is of the most importance in this argument. The more knowledge that a person has, the better decisions that people can make. In the High Schools, we should be preaching an abstinence stance. However, if a woman or man goes to a doctor or another school official at age 18, the doctor should be able to tell that person of every conceivable thing that will help with contraception.
bak72 - 08:10pm on 10/31/2006
According to the lefties, that “magic potion” is Marxist ideology. They don’t pay the social costs of unwed motherhood, though, we do.
Agreed. Women 19 -29 should be able to do as they wish. If they want to have children out of wedlock… thats their business. But heres the problem....How many of these fatherless children are now on some type of government assistance. In these cases, which are far from uncommon, we as Americans are all negatively impacted by their “adult” choices. No society has ever flourished very long due to its immorality.
I think we all wish it was that easy. If there was only some magical potion everyone could drink on their 18th birthday, and from then on....everyone would make responsible decisions. Ahhhhhhh Utopia
We as Americans are all negatively impacted could be said about the drunk driver that hits another car killing 4 people. How about smoking tobacco and the way that smokers have health care costs rise because of the known dangers? Most of those people cannot pay for the treatments, so the average American taxpayer has to take up the slack.
I agree that responsibility is the key here. That is why education is of the most importance in this argument. The more knowledge that a person has, the better decisions that people can make. In the High Schools, we should be preaching an abstinence stance. However, if a woman or man goes to a doctor or another school official at age 18, the doctor should be able to tell that person of every conceivable thing that will help with contraception.
According to the lefties, that “magic potion” is Marxist ideology. They don’t pay the social costs of unwed motherhood, though, we do.