Abortion dilemma and contraceptives.?

Question

Am getting tired of the whole abortion argument, people will have their beliefs, whether they be pro-choice or pro-life. Nothing will change that, so why isn't there more focus on prevention?

But with so many abortions happening every year, and most of them are due to either contraceptive failure or absence of precautions, why aren't companies doing more to develop a better contraceptive that's 100% reliable?

Or chemists have the morning-after pill available without a script and available at a very low cost to low-income earners?

Would there be any other factors in helping to reduce abortion numbers?

I'm not saying get rid of it, just that shouldn't more be done to prevent such high numbers in the first place?

Answer 1

probably get some thumbs down, but i think it's our whole culture that's to blame.  in the states anyway, as that's all i know.  children in most states are taught about std prevention and birth control very early in public schools.  they present the information at least yearly until they graduate.  kids are aware of the risks.

the problem is in the home.  parents are embarrassed and so are the kids to have open and frank discussions.  we send a message to youngsters that s*x is for adults.  and what do kids want?  to behave like adults.  they sneak around to drink, do drugs, and have s*x.  not so easy to access proper birth control when you're sneaking around.

if we could somehow normalize s*x in the home it might lose some of it's "taboo" appeal.  teach through example  that s*x is no more or less wrong than any other biological function and that good people are responsible people.  healthy minded adults drink responsibly, drive responsibly and have s*x responsibly.  essentially we need to make being responsible seem cool.

Answer 2

This is what I've been saying. The biggest cause of abortion is unwanted pregnancy; reduce that and there won't be so many abortions (and other bad results -- I mean, being pregnant when you don't want or can't yet handle a child is a really horrible state to be in).

The biggest things that would help would be complete and accurate s*x education. currently, at least in the US, the "astinence only" is what's taught, not what all the options are, and their plusses and minuses.

Yes, making birth control, and the morning-after pill easily available are also important.

Ironically, it's mostly the same people who CLAIM to oppose abortion who are responsible for the lack of s*x ed and availability of birth control. That's because they like to THINK of themselves as wanting to "save the lives of babies" but what they're really most interested in is controling women's bodies and lives.

They think s*x is horrible and evil and should be stopped.

Not all opponent of safe and legal abortion are like this, but most are.

I know of no one who says "abortions are GOOD; we should do everything we can to increase the number of abortions; let's make sure every girl gets knocked up and has abortions frequently" so this seems to be something we can all agree on.

But the people who think that no female should have s*x unless she wants to procreate have way too much say. Ironically, when young people get quality s*x ed, they are MORE likely to postpone sexual activity until they're emotionally mature.

But the idiots keep insisting that informing the young about s*x and how to prevent pregnancy is telling them that they should immediately go out and hump everything that moves. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Answer 3

absolutely, i agree. research into the male pill seems to have stalled, for obvious reasons. how many men would take a pill? yet they expect women to, even though the female pill can carry some pretty nasty side effects

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shivers, here's a link from last year. i'm not sure what's happened since then

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2...

i liked the way they said 'it's not as convenient as a woman taking a pill once a day'. convenient for whom? probably more convenient for the woman! :-)

i also think that:

- doctors should take people more seriously when they request sterilisation

- the morning after pill should be cheaper and easily available everywhere (and pharmacists refusing to sell it should be struck off their professional register)

- abstinence only education (i don't think we have it in the uk?) should be stopped. doesn't have a particularly impressive success rate, does it?

i am completely for more prevention and less abortions.

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i know - having an injection every three months vs taking a pill every day. (i know there's a female contraceptive that can be injected too, but that's not what they were comparing it with).

Answer 4

In Canada, Plan B is now available over-the-counter. The pro-life lobby is furious, but we don't care.

Answer 5

I agree it would be good to reduce the number of abortions. Educating youngster - boys and girls - in their teens and letting them see a preserved aborted phetus might make them think twice about not using contraception and realise that the reality is a tiny baby. I agree the morning after pill should be readily available - unfortunately this will not help people whose birth control has failed as they will not know until it is too late.

Some scientist continue to look into contracetion butr have failed to come up with anything better than the pill so far in terms of reliability.

Answer 6

There is a good contraceptive measure 100% effective and very cheap and available to all women and which has no side effects:

Do not copulate with a male when you are not sure that you can carry a pregnancy to term.  

Take it for 100% sure that you will get pregnant inspite of all protection.  Engage in other kinds of s*x which doesnot involve sperm ejaculation in v****a, if you yearn for s*x so tragically.

Answer 7

I once heard a 93 yr. old man say in reference to a man who does not father "A child should keep it in their pants until they grow up and learn what commitment to parenting means" and the unmentioned obvious was that he knew about the birds and the bees.  He was obviously just on the subject of men, however the same obviously applies to both men and women.

Answer 8

you have a very, very valid point there. however, those that oppose choice often oppose contraception and s*x education(ever wonder why the bible belt has such high teen pregnancy rates). as i've said in other questions they are usually motivated by religion and that overrides their rationale. i am pro choice but i am also pro prevention. if contraception fails though i think it's a bad idea to punish a woman(or girl in a lot of cases) by making them have a baby. shouldn't the birth of a child be a wonderful thing and not a form of punishment?