I am very pro-choice, but I think that abortion should be the very last option a woman should use. That being said, I find it very interesting that the so-called "pro-life" people want to force women of all ages to have babies whether they want to or not, then they turn their back on these babies and do not want to help the mother support them. And these same pro-life folks do not want to teach children about birth control, only abstinence. (These are also the same people who allow their 12 year-old daughters to dress up looking like hookers from the Avenue aka Paris Hilton!) High school and apparently some middle school kids are going to fuck -- teach them right from wrong at home and tell them not to have sex until they are older. But also tell them that IF they make the choice to have sex, they should be responsible about it. There is nothing romantic about being knocked up at 15 and having a kid at 16 and missing out on high school and college.

When I was student teaching I saw pregnant girls in high school and it was just wrong because a popular junior girl walking the hallways pregnant just gives a freshman girl the idea of how to be cool. I think the pregnant girl and the guy who knocked up her up should be in a special school away from other students and learning how to be parents along with their regular school work. Teach them skills so they can support themselves when they graduate. Without an education, you will never get ahead, especially if you drop out because you had two kids before you were 17!!

{{climbing down from soapbox}}