Some believe the Bush Admin emphasis on "abstinence only" sex education is a factor. True or False? What other factors are at play?
2007-12-23 15:40:14 · 19 answers · asked by golfer7 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/12/USTPstats.pdf
2007-12-23 15:47:59 · update #1
teen pregnancies risen so significantly u n d e r b u s h<>emphasis on "abstinence only" sex education factor true anor false ? what other factors at play? the animal in stinct to hurry up and procreate death at hand.....
2007-12-23 23:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by WordBarker/singlething 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are an anti-Bush path today I see. Question after question.
It is not the federal government's job to deal with teen pregnancy. It is not the job of schools to deal with it.
Constitutionally there is no reason for the government to be involved in this specific issue.
The President is elected to lead the country, to protect the country & the Constitution and keep us free & safe. The President & the federal government have no Constitutional mandate to babysit each state and run our lives. The individual states are responsible for their own laws and communities. Each state is suppose to be a mini experiment in democracy. Each state sets up its' own rules. If one state gets something wrong then people can move to another state or work to change the state they are in. When the federal government moves in and takes over there is no where to run and what happens if the federal government gets it wrong?
The Founding Fathers setup a democratic republic with the central government having a very few defined powers and all other powers left to the individual states (ie, the people).
You should not look at any President and expect to praise them or punish them for things the states should be responsible for.
I would recommend reading up on some American history, taking a class on the Constitution (or simply reading it would help too), or possibly finding an intelligent elected official that may be able to help explain the different responsibilities of government (good luck finding one though, I have not seen too many government officials or politicians that know much about it themselves, maybe part of the reason we have so many issues with our government).
2007-12-24 00:00:03 · answer #2 · answered by InReality01 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm Let me think. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the 9/11 tragedy, the Space Shuttle disasters... the Tsunami in the Pacific... The fires in San Diego, and now teen pregnancy!
When did this guy have any time to be President?
This is a silly question. I told my children to abstain. Kids are going to do what kids are going to do whether an adult tells them about rubbers, or the pill, or any other contraceptive devices or medications....
GW Bush did not cause more teen pregnancies, nor did his administration. Everyone has ideas, and everyone tries things that may or may not work. It's all part of making decisions. Do you always make good decisions? I don't, and I doubt anyone else on the planet has made every decision a good one.
2007-12-23 23:53:09 · answer #3 · answered by Kathryn P 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Bush Administration pushed abstinence while the Clinton Administration promoted safety and protection. I don't know your age but have you ever tried stopping a freight train? Teenagers historically have a very strong desire and it is pretty much unstoppable by anyone but them. No amount of bully-preaching by either the government or the clergy will stop that which is basic instinct.
2007-12-24 00:01:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because kids are gonna do what kids are gonna do. And the Bush administration keeps yapping about "abstinence" instead of promoting reproductive education and the use of contraception.
I've nothing aginst teaching abstinence or promoting it--in fact, most teens are a lot better off if they wait. But many won't--and trying to make a pretense of "moral values" in a way that ignores human nature is simply stupid. In additon, I wonder if the religious right has every realized that that other people are NOT going to live by their ideology--and these religious nuts have no right to try to force people to do so?
2007-12-23 23:46:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
The president does not have the power to control teen pregnancy. Sorry. Teen pregnancy has risen steadily over the past 50 years in the U.S.. During the Clinton administration, I could have made accusations that it was Clinton's fault teen pregnancy was up from the Regan and Bush Sr. years, but no one did because it's a stupid assumption.
2007-12-23 23:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by Voice of Liberty 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Probably because the past 7 years the right-wing religious fanatics got the idea that their ideas such as preaching abstinence actually works.
2007-12-23 23:56:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ha, i seriously doubt the president is really going to have as much influence on this as pop culture does.
You cannot expect the president to stop teen pregnancy, that is an absurd notion. As much as i dislike Bush...I could never blame him for teen pregnancy. Teens are much more likely to get their ideals from their parents, role models, and pop culture than they are the president. I seriously doubt most teens even care what the presidents view on safe sex is.
2007-12-23 23:48:07 · answer #8 · answered by Mr.Robot 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
the biggest factor in teen pregnancies is the proportion and number of teens in the population.
another likely bit is that the fear of HIV/AIDS seems to be down. Unjustifiably so, imho.
2007-12-23 23:45:39 · answer #9 · answered by Spock (rhp) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Blame Britney Spears.
2007-12-23 23:45:57 · answer #10 · answered by evans_michael_ya 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋