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I would not trust modern teen sex rate that claim they are lower than past decades...I remember when I was a teenager..my 1st time was in 7th grade, most of my classmates were having theirs as well...the thing is though, NONE of our parents knew and we didnt tell anyone what we were doing, if someone asked, we lied and said no.
Kids that age are not stupid, they know how to hide stuff from their parents.
That reminds me of that early 80s film - "Last American Virgin" where the motto was "see it or be it" - lol. Although mostly a comedy, the movie had striking realism about teen promsicuity: unplanned pregnancy and abortion, an STD, and a love triangle gone awry with a losing ending for the ostensible protagonist. Such was teen life in the 80s. But I'll bet it's not like that now (sarcasm).
I think all one needs to do is read up on the Baby Scoop Era (ie. the decades between the end of WWII and the Roe v. Wade ruling), and it becomes quite clear lack of access to contraception, abortion, and sex education did not curtail premarital sex at all.
This. It just cause a lot of "shotgun" weddings, or young women who went away to visit a relative (actually hiding their pregnancy, the birth of the baby and adoption). Or married couples screwing around just told their mate the baby was theirs. Or women, especially poor ones, were ostricized and if they'd gotten pregnant all by themselves. Yeah, the good old days - NOT.
I dont know what kind of changes in abortion law the OP is suggesting. If you think outlawing abortion would decrease casual sex/sexual immorality it might, but theres no way to know for sure.
"The U.S. abortion rate dropped to 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 in 2017, the lowest rate recorded since abortion was legalized in 1973 and an 8% decline from 2014"
The left is not killing babies. If a baby were being killed it would be murder and nobody who exercises her right to choose as per Roe v. Wade is charged with murder. If you don't like abortions don't get one.
if you don't like rape then don't rape someone.
if you don't like murder than don't kill someone.
Don't like slavery? Don't own one.
Right? If you don't like something, it's OK if other people do ... that's the point you're making, right?
Mabe it's not so hard if men would stop pressuring young women for sex.
Or maybe some of those men should check out something called CONDOMS. Ever heard of them? They are quite effective. Instead of just laying all the responsibility for birth control on women.
OH but wait next you'll tell me condoms don't really work (but what you really mean is, it's no fun to use them).
Where do you live where men "pressure" women into sex and have never heard of condoms?
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Premarital sexual permissiveness and Abortion
