Reverse Entropy wrote:GuitarBilly wrote:Reverse Entropy wrote:
One thing that I find particularly daft is that we refuse to provide education or supplies to the poor for birth control
That's not true. Every public school (at least here in CA) has classes and pamphlets about sex ed.
And condoms are free, either at the local clinics or through govt programs
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/std/order_condoms.htm
This is L.A. county but I am sure there are programs like this across the country.
People end up with 5 kids in welfare because of poor choices not lack of information or resources.
Well, that is a positive example. It doesn't apply nationwide, though. And while people in Kansas and Kentucky are free to do as they please in their state, I am also free to use them as examples opposite of the good example you gave above.
There is a significant push by lawmakers to slash funding for sex ed that isn't abstinence-only, and for eliminating or otherwise blocking any subsidy / assistance for birth control to the poorer groups. It doesn't make logical sense, but it's an anti-sex ideology, so I don't really expect it to make sense.
But it is nice to see from your example that it's not the case everywhere. Fundamentally I agree with a lot of people here that the responsibility lies ultimately with the individuals.
Because the problem is, spending millions of dollars to basically tell kids, "Hey, if your dick goes there, without one of these on, this happens."
It's a very, very simple theory. And I'll bet 99.9% of breathing people over the age of 12 know this, they just don't care.
Look at the teenagers, you really think they don't know how babies are made? No amount of money can fix the stupid.
