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Originally Posted by Superlucky
Here's what it looked like to someone who doesn't share your values:
A young lady was denied by her family the benefit of an education regarding contraceptives and who after becoming pregnant as a result of the ignorance inflicted on her by her parents was advised that her only option was to marry the boy who impregnated her. It didn't appear that she was given the knowledge she needed to prevent the pregnancy, nor the option after it occurred to either terminate it or not marry her boyfriend.
It just seems doubtful that her parents would have taken her to get birth control pills or support her if she chose to have an abortion. She had sex she was ill prepared for and was getting pushed in to a shotgun wedding.
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Just because I suggest abstinence as the most effective birth control does not mean that the other forms of birth control were not discussed. Assuming that all people who present abstinance as a viaoble option don't discuss any of the other options is short-sighted. I don't assume that a more progressive parent would hand their child a box of condoms with the caveat to "have a good time". In either case, the parent would not have been doing the best for their child. As an educator and a parent, it is my job to be as informative as possible and to help my children make the best choices for them. I actually believe that a woman should have the right to make whatever choices are best for her, but do not advocate abortion as anything other than the absolute last resort. Abortion can be and is a very emotionally traumatic experience, even for those who feel it is their Right, and should not be an easy decision. Having said that, if my daughter came home and told me that that was her choice, I would respect it and support her.
If you are talking about the Palins, I believe that they eventually did allow her NOT to marry the father of her child and at no point was the "shotgun" scenario ever reported. In fact, the child's father has been happily riding his 15 minutes of fame to the point that, I feel, if that scenario had been presented, he would have shouted it from every talk show couch available. Frankly, if it had been my daughter and he the father of her child, I would have told her to chuck him out the door and make it on her own (with my help, of course) once his true character started spilling out into the press. I have a feeling that might be exactly what happened with the Palins.