Vanity - Looking for information on two subjects

vanity | 01/16/02 | me

[grellis]

There is an interesting conflict of perceptions about minority abortions. Several years ago there was a proposal to allow minority girls 11-to 21 the choice of having a NORPLANT birth control put under their skin. This would effectively prevent pregnancy for 5 years...

...The black race baiters jumped on this with a rabid vengence. The Reverands called it "attempted genocide" of the next generation of black children.

Attempted genocide...well, that argument doesn't quite wash, does it? My understanding of Norplant is that it supresses ovulation entirely. Genocide only works if we're talking about post-conception, correct? The problem I have with the proposed Norplant implant availability is that it does not get to the root of the problem. Young girls are still going to have sex (and will probably be more encouraged to do so) because they have no sense of self-worth, or because they want to prove something to their peers, or because they completely lack a decent family and think that having sex with a guy is going to make him stick around and care about her, etc etc. Norplant also offers absolutely no protection against HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, genital herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and the rest of the sexually transmitted diseases. I wish I had an easy answer. I wish we could just wave a magic wand that would make young women of ALL ethnicities realize that they are worth more than some guy's fun evening.

[Tijeras_Slim]

According to HHS statistics, it was closer to 1 out of every 3 in 1997. Holocaust proportions.

That is almost the identical percentage of the Cambodian population destroyed by the Khmer Rouge.

[grellis]

I understand your point, especially your view of the race baiters wanting to keep their numbers up. They should have argued my point--that young women need to learn their self-worth and that they are capable of becoming strong individuals. The race baiters would rather have the crutch than the cross, I guess.