And aside from the costs of having a child, which dooms the mother and the child to a life of financial struggle, we also have the sexually transmitted diseases. I believe the CDC has stated that 25% of all adults have a permanent STD - be it AIDS, warts, Herpes, etc. Think of the medical costs for treating these things. And that doesn't take into account the STDs that are treated - syphillis, gonorrhea, etc.
Then we also have the emotional consequences of having sex in a non-committed relationship, then breaking up. Hugely damaging, and baggage that is carried to the next relationship and to one's parenting.
Why it is "conservative" or "puritan" to say this is base stupidity.
The STD's are the whirlwind. The viral ones are incurable and are with you for life...some fo them do not require techical "sex" to transmit...any genital contact is all it takes...and some of them make that life terrible and much shorter. She points our how one is a major contributor to cervical cancer which is the second leading cancer killer of woman and a lot of it it is based on a viral STD.
She points out how the major media is willingly and knowingly ignoring much of this.
It is an absolutely GREAT presentation and I encourage everyone to get a copy...watch it...and then let your heart move them to action and spread it around their own communities. The good that could be accomplished by this alone are almost incalcuable in prevented misery and death of we will but act.
I intend to in my communty.