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To: neverdem
The high rate of unmarried pregnancy is not a result of the pill. It is a result of not using the pill and a government support system, welfare for unwed mothers, health care etc. that is provided by the government i.e. the taxpayer. If you subsidize a particular lifestyle your will have more of that lifestyle.

Morally I have absolutely no problem with the use of the pill. I have a hell of a problem with abortions of convenience. I also have a big problem with government deciding what a religious institution (the Catholic Church and their hospitals) must provide in the way of contreception and abortion for their employees.

This administration is the one that has crossed the boundary between church and state. That worked out real good for Henry the VIII in England. They are still fighting that battle today in Northern Ireland.

13 posted on 02/23/2012 9:05:36 PM PST by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: cpdiii
Morally I have absolutely no problem with the use of the pill. I have a hell of a problem with abortions of convenience.

Even the abortions that are caused by the pill? If not you contradict yourself.

14 posted on 02/23/2012 9:11:54 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: cpdiii
The high rate of unmarried pregnancy is not a result of the pill.

What part of the article don't you understand?

The Pill, together with abortion as backup, appeared to provide full insurance against pregnancy risks. But as economists well know, full insurance tends to induce greater risk-taking: As people perceive sex to be safer, they pursue more of it. This applies especially to people who would otherwise be most vulnerable to the risks of unwanted pregnancy: the young, the unmarried, and those unable to care for a child.

It's very simple. By making sex "risk-free" more people engage in more of it. Yielding more pregnancy, not less.

39 posted on 02/24/2012 12:35:20 PM PST by SoothingDave
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