UK: Parental Consent for Contraception to be Debated

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Angela Watkinson, a Member of Parliament, is presenting a parental consent bill on contraception and abortion to the House of Commons.

Watkinson stated "The first thing they learn may be when their children are reported to have some form of sexually transmitted disease." She further stated "People constantly call on parents to take more responsibility for their young - but they can hardly be blamed if the Department of Health promotes a policy which deliberately exempts them from being able to protect their children."

Here are some excerpts from the article Inform parents if children want contraception, says MP:

David Paton of Nottingham University Business School said that evidence from regions with laws requiring parents to be informed before abortion on minors suggested a considerable decrease in conceptions, abortions and sexually transmitted infections. He added that there was no evidence that parental involvement laws would result in minors turning to back street abortionists.

Trevor Stammers, a senior tutor in general practice at St George's University of London, added: "Up to 80% of unplanned conceptions are due to failed contraception." "Over a 22-year period working as a GP, I had not seen a single case due to any other cause until the past year or so." "With a 15% condom failure rate, condoms can only be said to delay pregnancy, not prevent it, especially in teenagers."

It seems that we should be having this same debate here in the U.S. According to the study Analyzing the Effect of State Legislation on the Incidence of Abortion Among Minors, data indicates that parental involve­ment laws are effective in reducing the abortion rate for minors. (On that note, the author of this study, Professor Michael New, will be giving a lecture on this subject in DC this Thursday, the 15th of March).

I suspect that parental consent laws for contraception and abortion, coupled with abstinence-only eduction, can further reduce the pregnancy, abortion, and sexually transmitted disease infection rates among minors. But it has been difficult to enact parental involvement laws for abortion in the US, and it is probably going to be even harder to enact such laws for contraceptives.

As long as groups such as Planned Parenthood continue to receive federal funding under Title X, it is going to be hard to pass such measures in many states. Title X funding provides financial and operational stability for Planned Parenthood, allowing them to expand their efforts to include defeating parental consent initiatives.

Despite the potential difficulties in passing parental involvement laws, it's time to have this same debate here in the US.

Emergency Contraception: Study shows No Decrease in Pregnancy Rates..

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Serge over at the Life Training Institute points out that another study shows that emergency contraception (EC) has not decreased pregnancy rates.

Pro-abortion advocates claimed that EC would prevent abortions, but it hasn't. They campaigned for EC on the basis of a false dilemena - that it was either emergency contraception or abortion. They accused the pro-life movement as contributing to abortions by opposing EC.

Obviously if EC hasn't reduced pregnancy rates, it hasn't reduced the abortion rates either.

The wishful thinking on the part of the EC advocates hasn't translated into results.

The report concludes that "This intensive strategy to enhance access to emergency contraceptive pills substantially increased use of the method and had no adverse impact on risk of sexually transmitted infections. However, it did not show benefit in decreasing pregnancy rates."

Intensive strategies, such as The The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) "ask me" campaign, have been a total flop. And these are the experts who the public is supposed to trust on these issues?

It's not too surprising though, since science takes a back seat when it comes to contraception and abortion for organizations like the ACOG. After all, they led the effort to redefine conception and pregnancy for nothing other than social reasons.

(On that note, here is a brochure from The No Room for Contraception Campaign: Pregnancy, Contraception, and Abortion: Frequently Asked Questions - Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view...)

In the debate over Plan B, the media bought into the arguments of the EC advocates without question. Maybe now they will start to question the credibilty of these "experts"???

The Contraceptive Mentality, Men, and Abortion

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It's no secret that men have been strong advocates of the contraceptive mentality, which holds that sex is for pleasure and not procreation. It's also no secret that when contraception fails, men pressure women to abort.

While abortion may "solve" the problem pregnancy in the short term, it doesn't resolve the problem of lost fatherhood in the long term. Regret and sorrow linger on for years and decades after a father's child is aborted.

"Happy Birthday", a rap song performed by Flipsyde, tells a tale of a father's regret about his aborted child. What's notable about this song is the following verse:

"if she don't love children then we can't party"

While Flipsyde misses the point that pre-marital sex is unhealthy, he is on to something here: Pregnancy is a very real possibility, and if a woman would abort an unexpected child, he wouldn't get sexually involved with them.

Flipsyde's recognition of the possibility of contraceptive failure, pregnancy, and abortion resulted in a mental and behavioral change on his part. This appears to be a weakening of the contraceptive mentality that has had a grip on our society for over four decades.

I wonder if Flipsyde is alone here, or is this a growing trend among men?

"Happy Birthday" can be viewed on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5A5sh8IMeQ

Campus Psychiatrist Reveals harms of ‘Sexual Choices’

Today’s Wall Street Opinion Journal discusses the book "Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student"

In today's opinion piece, Danielle Crittenden describes how 'Unprotected' details the negative effects of the sexual choices made by young women, and how professionals are unwilling to acknowledge them.

“Unfortunately, the young women described in ‘Unprotected’ have fallen victim to one of the few personal troubles that our caring professions refuse to treat or even acknowledge: They have been made miserable by their ‘sexual choices.’ And on that subject, few modern doctors dare express a word of judgment”

This is so true – I wonder how many doctors ask their young patients if they should be having sex in the first place? How many women feel guilty and experience depression as a result of their ‘sexual choices’?
Crittenden concludes the article by pointing out the author chose to remain anonymous, for obvious reasons.

“The author of this vivid and urgent book has published it anonymously precisely because she fears that if her employers and colleagues heard her unwelcome views, they would judge her negatively--and punish her, personally and professionally. The anonymity, however understandable, is a shame: Her cause could use a visible and vocal crusader.”

I haven't read the book, but it does sound interesting. Take a look at the publisher's notes:

Publisher’s Notes:

“Radical social agendas have taken over campus health and counseling, and it’s making students sick. Dr Anonymous should know: she’s treated over 2000 students at a prestigious university and seen first hand how the anything-goes, women-are-just like- men, “safer-sex” agenda harms our sons and daughters. After years of hesitation, she’s speaking up.”

“In Unprotected you will learn: About an Ivy League university’s health website that okays risky behaviors including S&M, “swinging”, and bestiality. How campus health centers hound students to stop smoking, eat right, get enough sleep, and wear sunscreen, but tacitly approve of promiscuity, and whitewash the consequences of sexually transmitted infections”

“Parents, educators, and health providers are all disturbed and mystified by the epidemic of sexually transmitted infections on our college campuses, as well as the rampant depression, suicidal behavior, eating disorders, and cutting. Dr Anonymous has seen it all. The solution, she contends, is not Zoloft or condoms. Instead, she urges her colleagues to stop feeding students platitudes about diet and exercise and misinformation about “protection”. What campus counselors and health providers must do, she argues, is tell uncomfortable, politically-incorrect truths, especially to young patients in their most vulnerable and confusing moments.”

Birth Control is Harmful Billboards Revisited - again

It seems that there is some confusion about who placed the "Birth Control is Harmful" billboards around the Diocese of Tulsa.
The Respect Life office of the Tulsa diocese placed these billboards and sponsored the website respectlifetulsa.org .

If you look closely at the bilboard, notice the site listed is not BirthControlisHarmful.com



We like the concept here at NRFC so we decided to launch our own secular version, separate and distinct from the effort in Tulsa. We secured the domain name BirthControlisHarmful.com and put our own material up there.

Bloggers should be sure to check their facts first -- after all, they could have contacted NRFC to find out what the scoop is..

Clinic Photos Incriminate Child Rapist - Rapists Will Now Resort to "Plan B"

Here at NRFC, we've maintained that emergency contraception will allow child rapists to cover up their crimes. Though this man used an abortion clinic to cover up his crime, in the future people like him will use "Plan B" instead.

A 41 year old man accused of rape by an underage teen has been arrested after photos placed his car at an abortion clinic.

Members of a Christian ministry which has been photographing clinic workers, physicians, and clients for 14 years provided the evidence of a cover-up of the rape to a police detective.

Angela Long, a member of this ministry, said the following in a WorldNetDaily article:

"I remembered how upset she was, and pleading with him (the suspect) not to make her go in," she said. "The detective asked, 'Do you have the car?' 'Yes.' 'Do you have the plate?' 'Yes.' And I read it to him."

"And in the background I heard the clicking of the handcuffs," Angela Michael said, along with the comment "We've got him." The suspect now is being held on $75,000 bond on counts being developed in two counties, authorities said.

This man used a forced abortion to cover up his crime and got caught. Unfortunately for many young girls, over the counter access to Plan B emergency contraception will provide child rapists with "get out of jail" tickets.

With Plan B being available over the counter, these men will resort to their own "Plan B" to prevent getting caught. They won't have to force underage girls into abortion clinics or drive across state lines to avoid parental consent laws any more -- they can just force the victims to take Plan B emergency contraception (>and possibly cause an early abortion). No evidence, no remains of a dead baby to test for DNA, nothing.

In the future, it won't be surprising if Plan B becomes known as the "child rape" drug.
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