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December 8, 2007
CNN Reveals: Abstinence Causes Pregnancy
As 1984's Winston Smith discovered when he was required to believe that 2+2=5, living under socialists means thinking what it's politically correct to think, no matter how absurd. Here's how CNN's Mary Snow explains a reported rise in last year's teen birth rate:
[N]o one is saying for certain whether the rise in teen pregnancy is in fact a trend, but it is bringing attention to abstinence-only programs[…] Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton touted family planning programs during her husband's administration for a steady decrease in the teen birth rate, adding, "Under President Bush's leadership, we may be falling off track."
By mixing pregnancy and birth rate as if they meant the say thing, the Clinton News Network seems to be saying that discouraging teenagers from having sex causes them to get pregnant.
But since the reported rise is in the birth rate, not the pregnancy rate, what CNN is actually decrying is that young mothers are taking mercy on their babies rather than killing them.
On a tip from Cheetah.
Posted by Van Helsing at December 8, 2007 11:31 AM
Comments
This whole idea of blaming abstinence education is absolute nonsense. For example, this AP article first says "experts" are blaming the small rise in births on abstinence education, then admits that "At the same time, some research suggests teens are using condoms far more often than they did 15 years ago...For example, a biannual government survey of high school students found that the percentage of those who said they used a condom the last time they had sex rose to 63 percent in 2005, up from 46 percent in 1991."
WHAT!? Why on earth would they even mention abstinence education if the numbers show MORE condom use at the same time? These journalists must be absolute idiots who just want to say something negative about abstinence education. Plus, as you say, the rise may be due to fewer abortions, not more pregnancies. At least the info on the news hasn't said anything about that.
This is the ap article I'm talking about by the way.
Posted by: Anonymous at December 8, 2007 3:06 PM
