--- "Adam C. Lipscomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Charlie wrote:
>
> *snipped*
>
> I realize you're simply addressing the issue of
> abortion, but I was reminded
> of how often education is left out of the discussion
> by both sides here in
> the US. To me, that is the most critical portion of
> *any* discussion of
> reproductive rights. I advocate sex education
> starting at around age 10,
> free access to birth control starting around age 14
> or 15, and *rational*
> counseling for children with questions and problems
> starting at 10 or 11.
> Jocelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the US,
> had some damn sensible
> ideas regarding this, but was shouted down by the
> Anti-sex, anti-birth
> control crowd here in the states. One of her most
> sensible suggestions,
> encouraging teens to masturbate, was widely
> ridiculed, and was one of the
> primary causes of her being asked to step down, but
> was both the cheapest
> and simplest to implement.
>
> I'm in much the same ethical boat as Charlie on this
> - it's a necessary
> evil, and while it might be distasteful it's better
> than some of the
> alternatives that history has shown us can and will
> happen if it's outlawed.
>
Good God man, yes. Dealing with the subjects that
people would rather pretend didn't exist in a sensible
manner is very much preferable to sweeping them under
the rug where they can cause damage. long live common
sense.
masturbation! ::giggle::
dean the no longer mono topical
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