[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by lily.

I agree that it shouldn't be used as contraception, but there is no way to police that.

How could you possibly decide if someone was using it as contraception, or if they had genuinely found themselves in a tight spot? Who would be in charge of such a decision, and how would it be right to deny them an abortion thus forcing them to go through with a pregnancy they clearly don't want?

The trick is to stop people having sex, stop images of sex pervading music and advertising to the young, reduce the messages that sex is this great thing we should all be doing as soon as we hit secondary school and make people realise that there are huge consequences.

I want to see the stats of all the Mums who bitterly regret having children and put that against all the pregnant women who say that a child would ruin their lives if they did not have an abortion.

I would also like to see geographic maps of abortions, and social class stats to see if there are trends as i suspect there are.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The trick is to stop people having sex, stop images of sex pervading music and advertising to the young, reduce the messages that sex is this great thing we should all be doing as soon as we hit secondary school and make people realise that there are huge consequences.

I want to see the stats of all the Mums who bitterly regret having children and put that against all the pregnant women who say that a child would ruin their lives if they did not have an abortion.

I would also like to see geographic maps of abortions, and social class stats to see if there are trends as i suspect there are.

Short of padlock pants, trying to stop people having sex just won't work. Linda's right on the money, educating people is the only sensible option. It might not work all the time but it's a better idea then telling people not to do it.