Here's one from the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Nice take on things. In all fairness she talks about the policies being bad for rates of teen pregnancies etc. and I agree with her, but statistically I understand rates to be historically low. So she shouldn't go there since that would be easy to throw back at her.
I think the low rates of teen pregnancy have more to do with cultural changes, not the least of which is people locking their kids up until they're 18 today. Kids don't even play in my cul de sac. Nuts! My mom used to have us play outside and I knew I had to be back by dark. None of this super-supervised lives our kids (even mine) live today.
Anyway, she should have tread lightly there, otherwise I think she takes a very Pragtopic approach. I like it.
http://www.workingforchange.com/printitem.cfm?itemid=21684
Steve
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I agree with you that US teen pregnancy rates are historically low, but I don't think she's comparing US teen birth rates over time. She is comparing US teen pregnancy rates to those of Western European countries using more pragmatic policies. I don't know if the policy differences can explain it all, but the dramatic differences in the results warrant taking a closer look.
Yeah, I agree, and certainly the pragmatic approach os to do what the Subject matter experts suggest and remove the political agenda from it.
I don't think it is the government's place to disuade premarital sex unless there's a clear advantage to the society or individual.
I do think that by bringing up the subject of pregnancy rates she opens herself up unless she specifically compares them to the EU. However, it's easy enough to defend her position. So either way, cool beans!
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