Reply #2: We do mostly agree !.

[juliagoolia]

Abstinence education is ONLY PART of the answer. Prevention is another part, and like I said, offering more choices which would involve a support structure that is stronger in the community is another aspect of the situation. Forcing a girl because she becomes pregnant to carry the pregnancy full term and give a baby away is also something that should be re-examined. (IMHO)

I personally know of a girl that was 'forced' to do this by her parents and church leader. She warned them she didn't think she could do it when she first became pregnant. They pushed her, and indeed she did give birth and sign papers to give her baby away. She also blew her brains out a few months later. A pro-lifer told me that was her choice to blow her brains out. Perhaps it was, but what did her support structure tell her. They told her the fetus was a more valuable human than she was. We are all equally valuable, and she is gone forever.

I support a lot more choices that include supports and education as well as the choice an individual has to make with their own conscience and body.