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47. Speaking of being in sync again -- the same 3 people

Reply to marym625 (Reply #42)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 11:19 AM

Oct 2014

applegrove, marym625, and progree

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016103399#post32
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A Super Simple Way To Cut Teen Pregnancy and Abortion Rates by 75% [View all] applegrove Oct 2014 OP

Because if you did simple things then the rich would not get their tax cuts. applegrove Oct 2014 #1

What? Help solve a problem..... daleanime Oct 2014 #2

I think this is maybe a solution in search of a problem unrepentant progress Oct 2014 #3

Huh? Looks like a big problem to me progree Oct 2014 #15

The OP - that's quite a budge - from 158 per 1000 to 34 per 1000 (a 78% drop) progree Oct 2014 #17

All this study really tells us is that IUDs are much more effective than barrier methods unrepentant progress Oct 2014 #43

Good, I'm glad they are. So we can reduce teen pregnancy to European levels or below progree Oct 2014 #45

How does this compare to other developed countries? NickB79 Oct 2014 #59

Damn I wish guys had to take responsibility for bc. marym625 Oct 2014 #4

I did ... Lenomsky Oct 2014 #5

risky. marym625 Oct 2014 #8

Biologically speaking, that's not safe at all. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #9

Damn right! Kath1 Oct 2014 #6

Amen sister! marym625 Oct 2014 #7

Amen rightbackatcha, Sister! Kath1 Oct 2014 #10

There's not even a mention marym625 Oct 2014 #11

Yes. I noticed that and it pissed me off. Kath1 Oct 2014 #12

LOL! got it! marym625 Oct 2014 #14

Condoms are still the most commonly used form of birth control amongst teens.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2014 #16

Condoms: not a very reliable method, something like 1 in 6 chance of a pregnancy per year progree Oct 2014 #19

Well the upcoming generation will have that choice marym625 Oct 2014 #21

That had to be a terrible experience. Kath1 Oct 2014 #27

More power to you my friend!! :) marym625 Oct 2014 #29

In all honesty, I wasn't a saint. My concern about bc was motivated more by selfishness than progree Oct 2014 #34

What, no kiss? LOL Kidding! marym625 Oct 2014 #41

The hugging was for the afterglow after the kissing :) n/t progree Oct 2014 #46

I'm pretty sure you just pulled that figure RIGHT out of the air right LOL snooper2 Oct 2014 #28

CDC says 18% -- that's more than 1/6, actually 1/5.6 progree Oct 2014 #32

Is the failure rate just for getting pregnant..nuts, learned something new today snooper2 Oct 2014 #39

Accurate number marym625 Oct 2014 #33

LOL, we're in sync again! Just one minute apart with the exact same reference n/t progree Oct 2014 #36

Well, great minds and all marym625 Oct 2014 #42

Speaking of being in sync again -- the same 3 people progree Oct 2014 #47

Oh how cool marym625 Oct 2014 #48

I think saying "Not reliable at all" is an overstatement, and not a good message to put out there ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2014 #52

18% failure rate per year, OK, that's not totally unreliable, its just the most unreliable of all progree Oct 2014 #63

That's a surprising figure marym625 Oct 2014 #22

Condoms protect against STDs, too ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2014 #53

yeah, I lived through that aids pandemic marym625 Oct 2014 #61

Are there options beyond condoms and vasectomy? IronLionZion Oct 2014 #25

see post #21 marym625 Oct 2014 #26

I suspect that once such an option is available for men hifiguy Oct 2014 #37

I hope you're right marym625 Oct 2014 #44

I wish there were more options for men IronLionZion Oct 2014 #64

They have marym625 Oct 2014 #66

Since no form of birth control was 100% awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #69

I am sorry she had to go through that marym625 Oct 2014 #70

Well, they caught a problem in time... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #71

That's so sweet marym625 Oct 2014 #72

here is the youngest awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #73

OMG! marym625 Oct 2014 #74

no problem awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #75

My niece had a baby at 16. When she left the hospital NO ONE DISCUSSED Heather MC Oct 2014 #13

I'm surprised - I thought the ACA makes contraception free -- any kind of contraception, even the progree Oct 2014 #18

A few years of ACA are not going to undo... Orsino Oct 2014 #50

I think the vast majority of women by now understand, and want reliable birth control progree Oct 2014 #51

Time has already told. Orsino Oct 2014 #54

I'm sorry, but the unwanted pregnancy rate has little to do with religion progree Oct 2014 #55

American prudery in the guise of religion... Orsino Oct 2014 #58

Not all prudery is religious -- I know religious people that are anything but prudes, progree Oct 2014 #60

Right. I think what we're really talking about is male supremacy. Orsino Oct 2014 #62

That is being responsible. Kath1 Oct 2014 #20

GOOD FOR YOU! marym625 Oct 2014 #23

I'm surprised that more don't. Kath1 Oct 2014 #30

Good for you! marym625 Oct 2014 #31

Good! Kath1 Oct 2014 #35

Cearly, you are a sensible, rational person. hifiguy Oct 2014 #38

Thank you! Kath1 Oct 2014 #40

Great. applegrove Oct 2014 #49

My god, what state did she live in? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2014 #56

Virginia Heather MC Oct 2014 #65

What we practiced back in my day didn't work madokie Oct 2014 #24

yes eastonb Oct 2014 #57

We have 7 billion people on this failing planet Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #67

Dramatic dot video of population growth. A world map beginning in 1 A.D. with 1 dot = 1 million progree Oct 2014 #76

On paper that sounds good tabbycat31 Oct 2014 #68