At Risk of Getting Pregnant??

TakuanSoho · #1 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 01:12 PM

"As a result, 28 million women in the United States are at risk for an unintended pregnancy, according to the study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute in New York.'

Strange way of phrasing it, eh?

28 million women at risk of unwanted pregnancy - Yahoo! News

J04miller · #2 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 01:50 PM

There are no barriers to contraception. If my little piss ant town can have a clinic with free contraception, then I'm sure it is available in most other places.

I'm tired of that excuse.

TakuanSoho · #3 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by J04miller

There are no barriers to contraception. If my little piss ant town can have a clinic with free contraception, then I'm sure it is available in most other places.

I'm tired of that excuse.

I agree. Being lazy and/or lacking foresight used to be considered grave sins, now they are treated as justified excuses.

sachem · #4 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 01:58 PM

I thought this was about some pregnancy virus going around.

J04miller · #5 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TakuanSoho

I agree. Being lazy and/or lacking foresight used to be considered grave sins, now they are treated as justified excuses.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not just putting it on the women. This should be on the minds of men and women. Unfortunately, a lot of men seem to think this isn't their problem.

In the end, it becomes the problem of the child. A lot of these "sperm donors" don't want anything to do with the kid, and the mom is left to deal with a child which is WAY more taxing than getting yourself some damn birth control.

J04miller · #6 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sachem

I thought this was about some pregnancy virus going around.

Ha ha. Some may view it like that!

nathanbforrest45 · #7 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 02:01 PM

This is all the fault of the jooooos

TakuanSoho · #8 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by J04miller

Don't get me wrong. I'm not just putting it on the women. This should be on the minds of men and women. Unfortunately, a lot of men seem to think this isn't their problem.

In the end, it becomes the problem of the child. A lot of these "sperm donors" don't want anything to do with the kid, and the mom is left to deal with a child which is WAY more taxing than getting yourself some damn birth control.

It is unfair, but the burden will always be on the women. They are the ones who get pregnant, not men. And you can't force them to care about the results of their actions. Again, idealistically I agree with you, but the reality of the situation is that life is unfair on this matter.

However, as for the financial matter, I am all for hitting the fathers up and throwing their deadbeat asses in jail if they don't pay.

TakuanSoho · #9 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45

This is all the fault of the jooooos

What do you have against baby kangaroos?

:-)

J04miller · #10 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TakuanSoho

It is unfair, but the burden will always be on the women. They are the ones who get pregnant, not men. And you can't force them to care about the results of their actions. Again, idealistically I agree with you, but the reality of the situation is that life is unfair on this matter.

However, as for the financial matter, I am all for hitting the fathers up and throwing their deadbeat asses in jail if they don't pay.

Life isn't fair. I agree.

Definitely yes on your second opinion. If men don't like that financial reality, then they'd better wear triple condoms before going out to play.