muttleynfelix
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Post by muttleynfelix on Aug 2, 2012 14:32:10 GMT -5
I am - I advocate for abortions of people all the time. There was some survey where they asked 2000 girls if Teen Mom made them more likely or less likely to want a baby, and it was pretty overwhelming the number of girls who said "Less Likely." I'm sure there are girls out there that think having a baby to get famous is a good idea, but I believe the statistics say that the show has done a pretty good job of showing how difficult it is, how unlikely it is that your guy is going to be Super Dad and how much college fun you will miss out on, and therefore, wait. Everything i have seen regarding teen pregnancy statistics and the show have shown that it has lowered the teen pregnancy rate. It definately shows a lot of the sucky parts about having a baby.
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thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Aug 2, 2012 15:02:57 GMT -5
Sometimes I'm glad that I didn't see the show before I had my baby - at 33 years old!
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Peace Of Mind
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Aug 2, 2012 15:04:04 GMT -5
Preventing teen pregnancies is a worthy goal. There's a direct link between poverty and having children young. I'm thinking about the reduction in abortions. I'm pro-choice, which some people refer to as 'pro-abortion' - but NO ONE is pro- abortion. If we had a perfect world there were no unplanned pregnancies and therefore no abortions. Of course that doesn't mean teens wouldn't still plan to have a baby, not understanding the life changing consequences of being a teen mom, but at least those girls who don't intend to get pregnant would be more successful in avoiding pregnancy, statistically, if they went with an IUD. Well said!
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formerroomate99
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Post by formerroomate99 on Aug 2, 2012 15:10:25 GMT -5
I'd have to dig out the information but I think with the Mirena is it the same way. It's effectiveness is lowered when you take certain anti-biotics. They let you know now. The last time I was on the pill and needed an antibiotic the pharmacist explained it to me, I had to sign that he had explained it to me, there was a label on the bottle explaining to me, on the signature screen it made me sign again stating that I knew this drug intereferes with BC. I think I got the message. Back in the 90's it was just much easier to say the women were not taking the pills properly. I think it was the late 90's and I was well into my 20's before any doctor or the labels on the antiboitic bottles bothered to mention that antibiotics reduce the effectiveness of BC pills.
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thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Aug 2, 2012 15:14:07 GMT -5
I started taking the pill in 87 or 88, and that was the first thing they told me.
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 2, 2012 15:14:13 GMT -5
1983, here. Switched health care plans through the school so next dermatologist I went to said, "btw this negates bc pill efficiency, so use something else while you're on it. "I still wonder how I got home because I was in shock.
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formerroomate99
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Post by formerroomate99 on Aug 6, 2012 13:11:34 GMT -5
Rukh, my mother got the same treatment when she went to planned parenthood for a free pregnancy tests (before the home kits were so cheap and so good.) She was married and had a family friendly career that could support a family and they still couldn't wrap their heads around her wanting to keep me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2012 13:18:42 GMT -5
They started showing the 16 & Pregnant show on one of the Spanish channels in our area, only in English with Spanish subtitles. I was really worried about how YSD would take that show. She has impressed me with starting conversations about the show and how she's not going to get pregnant until she's out of college because of how hard the girls struggle. She's commented on them dropping out of school, living with their parents and having a baby daddy that wants nothing to do with them. Ah, the old "scared straight" technique! I'm glad it's having that effect. Years ago, when the actress Cybill Shepherd was pregnant again and wanted to have her 13-year old daughter at the birth, she tried to prepare her with childbirth films. The daughter was horrified and decided she NEVER wanted to get pregnant. Whatever works. I read that the International Olympic Committee ordered up 100,000 condoms for the Olympics. Now THERE's a group of young women motivated to not get pregnant.
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