[Shaun]

I just... the whole issue frustrates me. Why do you care? It doesn't affect you. It makes me laugh whenever men try to act all moral about it. Grow a uterus, then see how you feel about a society telling you you must keep a baby after having sex.

I guess the whole personal connection makes me a bit hotheaded about the topic - my sister's had two pregnancy scares and I've discussed the possibility of abortion with her both times. Obviously I don't scream at her "ABORT! ABORT!" but I just remind her that she's not got a great career, she lives with her mother, she's only 19 and she has no life experience yet. It turned out in the end that both times she miscarried, but the idea of someone that young and that naive being a mother because some people would tell her she's got to live with her "mistakes" (I mean really, go throw a frisbee or something. Chill the **** out.) angers me.

and yes, marsh, your genitals are essentially there for reproduction. but then, your feet are essentially there for walking, and I see a hell of a lot of ballroom dancing on television and no one's complaining.

I agree with you though that sex education needs more time to develop in schools - it's still only really a recent phenomena, and there's still too much religion and abstinence taught with regard to it. It's no coincidence that the most open and blunt countries (Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark) have the lowest rates of teenage pregnancy.