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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
May I make a small change please?
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You're living in fantasy land if you think that all forms of birth control are 100% effective. I've had unprotected sex once in my entire lifetime and have had 3 pregnancies (one of those miscarried). Yes, 1 pregnancy that ended in miscarriage while on the pill and 1 from condoms and foam together. Thankfully I was an adult and married, but it happened nonetheless, when we definitely weren't planning for it.
I still think that the less interruption in a child's education, the more likely they are to finish. No, I don't have statistics to back that up, it just seems logical to me. Why do you assume that a teen mom is living at home? Do you not know kids who were thrown out of the house when they got pregnant?
I'm also a little stunned by the assumption that any kid who gets pregnant must be too stupid to keep up with their studies. If they can keep up with the 4 weeks of homework while they stay home, then why shouldn't they be allowed to stay home? It seems like the majority of you just want to punish these young women rather than encourage them to strive for a positive future in spite of their obstacles.
ETA: What school district allows a kid to drop out of school for a semester? Perhaps allowing that would be the "maternity leave" that is needed. But, around here, if you miss 10 days of school in one semester, you are truant and you and your parents can be ticketed and/or arrested. You also lose the ability to get your drivers license. I think the law in Colorado would make it possible for a kid to drop out for a semester rather than trying to return to school 24 hours after having a baby.
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