Jivin J’s Life Links 5-10-10
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
More important, Cahn and Carbone also acknowledge one of the more polarizing aspects of the “blue family” model. Conservative states may have more teen births and more divorces, but liberal states have many more abortions….
Liberals sometimes argue that their preferred approach to family life reduces the need for abortion. In reality, it may depend on abortion to succeed. The teen pregnancy rate in blue CT, for instance, is roughly identical to the teen pregnancy rate in red MT. But in CT, those pregnancies are half as likely to be carried to term. Over all, the abortion rate is twice as high in NY as in TX and 3 times as high in MA as in UT.
When you tax something, especially targeting something specific, it creates a revenue stream that politicians get addicted to – thus making the object of your taxation harder to eliminate. Taxing something also gives it legitimacy in the eyes of many. Even objects that fall under the so-called category of “sin taxes” have this legitimacy – almost as if being taxed gives you government approval.
Morally it is also troubling. Governments should not be profiting from abortion – no matter how profitable. While certainly not the intention of the author, but it would be the result.
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Getting some blog fodder, Ashley? :P
The problem, Ashley, is that you assume that fertility will be there when you’re ready. Fertility in women peaks at 22.
My cousin and his wife married when he was 35 and she was 29. They’ve been trying for years and years to get pregnant, without success. Now, they didn’t even meet until about a year and half before they got married, and my cousin was a late bloomer. I’m definitely not judging them for waiting to get married, but I feel very sorry for them that they are unable to have children.
The big rise in infertility is a direct result from two factors. 1) Delayed marriage and 2)An increase in frequency of fertility harming STD’s.
Of course, number 2 is much more likely the longer marriage is delayed due to more exposure to different partners.
I don’t think there’s a right age for everyone to get married, but I do think that we do young people a diservice by telling them not to marry til their late 20’s and not to have children til their 30’s.
Lauren- I will pray for the couple. I have a gift to pray for couples who haven’t been able to conceive.
Ashley- When you advocate for women to wait until their 28 you do that so that have a career right so there not left without resources to support themselves. I think another option would be to draw up a serious pre-nupt that would detail very specifically the responsibilities of both individuals in case the marriage doesn’t work. And after you make the suggestion just wait to see what your signicant other says. If enough people done this it would be considered the norm and not as many women and children would be left in poverty.
Thank you Myrtle. I have no question that they’ll be wonderful parents.
Carla, methinks Ashley et al. come here to gather information about how terrible, uneducated, and unreasonable we “anti-choice fanatics” are and post it on her blog. Why even answer her?
That was the dumbest article ever.
The statistic no one wants to cite is the demographics of the state.
Minorities have higher abortion rates, the more minorities you have in a state, the more abortions you have. Duh.
The red states that have high teen pregnancy, etc are Southern states with large minority populations in which these events are concentrated in.
“Using contraception, getting an education, and having your first kid at 28 is good for families and for society.”
What are the stats for the relationship between premarital sex and divorce Ashley? Is the divorce rate higher or lower since the push for use of contraceptions and abortion? Your argument for the importance of a college education on future marital bliss is moot after reading your thoughts on fraternities and sororities.
Who are you trying to convince that your choices have been good ones?