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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?
Let me p resent a n o th e r
side to th is q u e s tio n
H ave
you seen th a t s id e w a lk ' The
b ro k e n places and c ra c k s '
The stree t is in b e tte r c o n
d itio n D id you n o tic e th e fiv e
yards o f gravel at th e b e g in n
ing o t it o r the re ta in in g w a ll
at th e e n d ' This sid e w a lk is a
h aza rd
In any event, w e ’ve been
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