09-25-2012, 04:34 PM
From the original article:
According to the Board of Health, 7,000 girls under age 17 got pregnant last year throughout New York City and 90 percent were unplanned. Of those, 64 percent were aborted.
Based on this, 4032 abortions could've potentially been avoided had these girls been properly administered the MAP. Something to think about!
I don't think the students being given the MAP are using it for regular contraception. (Truthfully, I don't care if they are. It's not ideal, but much better than having even more unwanted babies.) Of course, there are always exceptions to generalizations no matter what the topic. It's not like the pills are in a candy dish just sitting there available to anyone who happens to wander by. The MAP is dispensed by a school nurse and accompanied by a lengthy explanation of how/why it's used, and encouragement to start using some regular form of birth control, which can also be dispensed by that same school nurse. I'm 100% for this program. I have a daughter and while yes, I'd want to be made aware if she was seeking the MAP, I'd much rather her get it without me knowing, than have her not get it at all.
According to the Board of Health, 7,000 girls under age 17 got pregnant last year throughout New York City and 90 percent were unplanned. Of those, 64 percent were aborted.
Based on this, 4032 abortions could've potentially been avoided had these girls been properly administered the MAP. Something to think about!
I don't think the students being given the MAP are using it for regular contraception. (Truthfully, I don't care if they are. It's not ideal, but much better than having even more unwanted babies.) Of course, there are always exceptions to generalizations no matter what the topic. It's not like the pills are in a candy dish just sitting there available to anyone who happens to wander by. The MAP is dispensed by a school nurse and accompanied by a lengthy explanation of how/why it's used, and encouragement to start using some regular form of birth control, which can also be dispensed by that same school nurse. I'm 100% for this program. I have a daughter and while yes, I'd want to be made aware if she was seeking the MAP, I'd much rather her get it without me knowing, than have her not get it at all.