I agree that 2 parent stable families are very important.
Many pro life people fail to see that by pushing women/ girls to continue unwanted pregnancies they are encouraging women to become single mothers.
That's not true at all Minnie...As a father of two, one girl, and one boy, whom are now grown, and going through school, I told both of them the same thing...And that is the same thing my father and mother drilled into me and my sister...That the act of sex
will result in creating a child, and that their dreams, and their goals in life stop at that moment. That when they make the decision to have sex, they at that moment they are making a decision to alter their life's path....And that their mother and I don't condone killing the child so that they can indulge in the act care free....Luckily they are finishing up their schooling path, and getting ready to start their careers...
In the US marriage is usually delayed in today's world unlike in the not so distant past.
Many young people are going to college or focusing on careers before even thinking about children or marriage.
That's right, and therefore they should focus on them, and make sure they keep the sexual activity to a minimum, and fully protected against pregnancy before they reach their goals...
Since the sex drive is very strong in the teens and twenty's and abstinence is unrealistic , and most birth control is not goof proof unwanted pregnancies might happen which means the girl/ woman has one of two choices; have an abortion or have a baby.
Most single moms stay single moms and many end up on welfare.
That is true, and that is why we have to educate them on not only how to use it effectively, but instill in them the importance of remaining child free until they are ready...We simply can not just throw up our hands and say to ourselves "ah well, they're going to do it anyway" and leave it at that....Just as with drugs, and as hard as it is for today's parents to have these conversations with their kids, they have to stop trying to be their friends, and start being parents....
Those who have abortions and delay motherhood may very well get married later and start families.
And they may not...your use of conjecture is suspect, and fills an awfully convenient hole in the logic.
We have to be realistic and know that is what happens.
I agree, and that starts with informing them not only that the act of having sex is not just some fun recreational activity, but that it results in a child and when that happens their life is about that life they created...Not that it is just some anomaly that can be discarded like yesterday's trash....
If we want the future generations to have two parent families we have to understand that sometimes some of those girls/ women just might have had an early abortion before they marry and raise a family.
Shouldn't we want to decrease that scenario? I agree that teen pregnancy, and 'child mothers' are a problem, then we should educate that to stop that, and increase these girls self esteem so that they think more of themselves than getting pregnant before they are ready....Not telling them that it no problem if they do, because they can just kill the result..
As I have mentioned earlier, I feel that with the new virtually goof proof long term birth control , there will be fewer and fewer unwanted pregnancies and abortions.
Not familiar with what you are speaking of...Is there something new on the market? But as good as that is we still need to educate our kids as how to put off immediate gratification, and how to be respectful of young women for boys, and how to respect themselves for girls...That can't happen too easily if they are taught that murder is ok for life that is inconvenient...
To me long term birth control is the hope for more stable two parent families in the future.
Mine too Minnie, we disagree how to get there, but that's ok.