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- From: cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion,talk.politics.misc,talk.religion.misc,misc.legal
- Subject: Re: Supreme Court Upholds Freedom of Speech
- Message-ID: <14044@optilink.COM>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 17:16:25 GMT
- References: <Jan.15.07.43.01.1993.21083@romulus.rutgers.edu> <1jp6odINNij@gilligan.East.Sun.COM>
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- In article <1jp6odINNij@gilligan.East.Sun.COM>, mike@gilligan.East.Sun.COM (Mike Roncadori) writes:
- > In article <13960@optilink.COM> cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer) writes:
- # #Really? Birth control was effectively unavailable in this country
- # #to teenagers in the 1950s. It was difficult or impossible for even
- # #married couples to get, until the 1960s. What happened to the abortion
- # #rate after birth control became available? It went up dramatically,
- # #as did the illegitimacy rate. Now, I won't claim that one caused
- # #the other, because I'm quite sure that's not true. But your claim,
- # #that there is a "*direct* inverse correlation" is demonstrably
- # #false.
- # #
- # #Birth control education, pills, condoms, etc., are readily available
- # #throughout the U.S. now. When are we going to see the unwanted
- # #pregnancy rate drop to the level it was at in 1960, when these
- # #items were rare, or usually illegal?
- # #
- #
- # Um... Just a thought...
- #
- # You're neglecting the fact that the sexual revolution took place
- # during this time period, aren't you?
- #
- # -- Mike
-
- What caused the sexual revolution? The availability of birth
- control pills, and an abolition of laws restricting access to
- birth control. So why has the number of unwanted pregnancies
- gone UP? This is quite the opposite of what you would expect,
- isn't it?
- --
- Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine!
- "When freedom destroys order, order will destroy freedom." -- Eric Hoffer
- Not a goal, just a statement of reality.
-