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Newspaper Page TextMore Letters To the Tdifor: R ecent e d it o r ia ls in new spapers a ro u n d th«- c o u n try i o n te n d th a t the o b v io u s s o lu tio n to the p ro b le m s o t te en ag e p re gn an cy and the passing o t sexual diseases is " e d u c a tio n and c o n tra c e p lio n " Y * t som e serious th o u g h t sh o u ld suggest th a t h o w e v e r w e ll- in t e n t io n e d th is s o lu tio n is p ro v in g w orse th a n th e p ro b le m Besides b eing in e ffe c tiv e it d is to rts the d ig n ity o f h u m a n ity and d im in ish e s any sense o t per sonal w o rth ( o n s id e rin g th e «•m otional m a k e u p o f teenagers, th«- p ro m o tio n o f contra« e p tive s a c tu a lly adds to th e pressure to engage in p re m a rita l sex W h e n teens are ta u g h t by a d u lts th a t c o n tra c e p tio n is .in o p tio n this leads th e m to b e lie v e th a t it is .ill rig h t and p erha ps e ven n o rm a l fo r th em to he h a v in g sex A ll teenagers w a n t to be n o rm a l to tit in w ith th e ir frie n d s The a c c e p t a b i li t y a nd a v a ila b ility o f c o n tra c e p tive s < harged w ith th e ne«*d to p ro v e them selves, preys on a teens fra g ile se lf im age I he use o f c o n tra c e p tiv e s also gives teenagers one less e n a b lin g reason to say N o to pre m a rtia l sex Ih e " e d u c a tio n - co n tra « e p tio n p h ilo s o p h y a lso adds to th«* c o n fu s io n th a t teenagers re g u la rly ex p e u e n r e a b o u t the d iffe r e n t e b e tw e e n tru<* in te r person al c lo s e n e s s and s im p le p h y s ic a l in tim a c y Perhaps m ost dangerous, this a p p ro a c h to th e p ro b le m takes a d v a n ta g e o t a te e n s desire to grow u p to o fast, ex re s p o n s ib ility h id o re th«*y are able to he ready At the same tim e tr e a tin g th e m lik e c h ild re n w h o are n o t ex pe« te d t t > i o o tr d f th e ir own b e h a v io r I he H ouse Selec t C o m m it tee O n C h ild re n , Y o u th and I amili« s m akes c tear the con n e c tio n so m any o f th e p ro ble m s ours teens fa c e P ro g re s s iv e ly o v e r th e past 25 years, we have, as a n a tio n , dec ided th a t it is easier to g ive c h ild re n p ills th a n to te a ch th em respect to r sex m a rria g e (and fa m ily ) T ix fa y w e are seeing the results o f th a t d e c is io n , n ot o n ly in increased p re g n a n cy rates (and a bo rtio ns), b u t in in« reased rates o f d ru g abuse, v e n e re a l d is e a s e , (A ID S ), s u ic id e and o th e r fo rm s o f selt -destruc tiv e b e h a v lo r p e ttin g th e m to assum e a d u lt Ih«- tim e has «orne to sto p b la m in g the p ro b le m o f teen p re g n a n c y on o u r c h ild re n or the ills o f s o c ie ty W e are re s p o n s ib le fo r th e ir u p b rin g in g l e t us s to p g iv in g o u r teenagers q u ic k and easy s o lu tio n s w h ic h are n ot s o lu tio n s at a ll. let us give th e m g u id a n c e th a t respects th e ir a b ility to c o n tro l th e ir a c tio n s g u id a n c e w h ic h w ill w o rk ' Dean |ulian Pastor Vern«»nia Bihle Church To the Editor: W'e w o u ld lik e to express o u r g ra titu d e to the p e o p le o f V e rn o n ia , V e rn o n ia Cares and D o t Y adon fo r th e ir c a rin g and h e lp d u rin g O llie Kay's i l lness ly n d a and O llie Ray To the Editor: S afety is an in te re s tin g con c e p t O n July 22, 1987, I was in fo rm e d th a t w e w o u ld no lo n g e r be a b le to park at o u r re s id e n c e o n Park D riv e w here residents hav«* p arked w ith o u t tro u b le fo r m any y e a rs W'e m u s t f in d s o m e w h e re e ls e to p a rk because o u r v e h ic le s c o v e r a s id e w a lk and c o u ld be a h aza rd to m o to r, b ic y c le and p e d e s tria n tr a ffic T hat's w h e re sa fety com es in H ow can a person s a fe ly w a lk by w hen th e s id e w a lk is covered? 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