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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the reason we need to support planned parenthood and provide free birth control. Stop the cycle.

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I love that you guys mean well and are trying to think of ways to solve the problems, but do you understand that plenty of the people who are homeless have mental health and trauma issues?  A lot of people who get pregnant had nothing to do with voluntarily having sex or getting pregnant.  They are impregnated by men or boys who don't care whether they consent or use birth control.  In those situations, as important as Planned Parenthood and birth control is, the existence and availability doesn't help.

But Planned Parenthood and birth control DOES help a ton of other women and girls, so it's totally worth doing.  I just think in this case, when you hear the mom speak on the news, Relisha's mom isn't all there, and what if this homeless mom with the newborn we're talking about is also not all there?  Or what if she's fleeing an abusive relationship and has nowhere to go?  There are so many deeper root issues that need to be better addressed than just the availability of birth control.

Oh, and boys need to be raised to turn into men who ALSO take responsibility for not making babies they can't or won't provide for.  Much easier said than done, but let's stop always focusing on the girls or the women as being the only irresponsible ones in that equation.[/quote]

If you are mentally ill, homeless, on the street and incapable of keeping yourself from getting pregnant then all the more reason they should consider an implant or other mechanism to help avoid unplanned pregnancies.  That, and counseling and points of contact so they have someone to go to if they are victims of sexual abusers and predators.  That's a whole lot better than people just standing around, throwing their hands in the air and saying "you don't understand" and doing nothing in the meanwhile.[/quote]

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