Recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released an incredibly
shocking report. It found that one in four teenage females has a sexually transmitted disease, a rate that increases to one in two for African American teenage females. It also showed that one in five teenage females has HPV, and about half of all teens are having sex.
If you think 'She won't get pregnant if she's on top' is as bad as the myths get, how about these?
- If you mix together baking soda and vinegar and drink it you can get rid of gonorrhea.
- If a guy puts a Q-tip in his ear, gets some ear wax on it and then touches it to the tip of his penis and it burns, then he's got an STD. If it doesn't burn he doesn't have anything.If a girl inserts a tampon after sex it will absorb all the sperm and she won't get pregnant.
In Jefferson City, ignorance is the new black. Rather than supporting the Prevention First Act (PFA) - a bill that promotes proven prevention methods, including comprehensive sex education - Representative Rod Jetton and many other members of the House of Representatives are pushing anti-prevention, anti-choice bills through the legislature time and time again. It's time for the politicking to stop - Missouri teens are in grave danger.
It's time we stopped arguing abortion and started thinking about whether that one teen is ours. We cannot accept this statistic as satisfactory and we certainly cannot allow our legislators to do so either.
1 comment:
I feel helpless but I am grateful to PP for its efforts. It seems that our only hope is to give our all to try to assure that those who oppose choice and common sense are not reelected. To that end I will actively assist in the campaign for my state rep's opponent.
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