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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love young people expressing themselves and how they respect life.[/quote]

They love it until they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Then the lightbulb goes off about how important legal abortion is. I witnessed this personally 7 times growing up as friends who were against abortion in theory were all for it when it was THEM.[/quote]

It is say that you surround yourself with such a circle of friends. There are no "unexpected" pregnancies. Your friends just idiots. [b]Once you began having sex, no matter what type of birth control you use, there are always a chance that you can get pregnant. It is like jumping with a parachute. There is always a chance it wont' open. So, to say it is "unexpected" is just stupid and ignorant. [/b]

I too got pregnant "unexpectedly" when I was in college. An dI was pro-abortion back then. And for some reason, having a life inside me, changed my mind. I kept the baby, even though the father didn't want anything to do with my pregnancy. I graduated from college, went to grad school (with a toddler), and got my post-graduate degree as well. I married now, and have two more children.

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Yes, but kids are still maturing -- they may struggle with good judgement in difficult situations. In the heat of the moment (add in teen hormones), they may not make good choices about sex or birth control.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621648/
[quote]"Recently, investigators have studied various aspects of the maturation process of the prefrontal cortex of adolescents.17,18[b] The prefrontal cortex offers an individual the capacity to exercise good judgment when presented with difficult life situations.[/b] The prefrontal cortex, the part of the frontal lobes lying just behind the forehead, is responsible for cognitive analysis, abstract thought, and [b]the moderation of correct behavior in social situations.[/b] The prefrontal cortex acquires information from all of the senses and orchestrates thoughts and actions in order to achieve specific goals.

The prefrontal cortex is one of the last regions of the brain to reach maturation, which explains why some adolescents exhibit behavioral immaturity. There are several executive functions of the human prefrontal cortex that remain under construction during adolescence, as illustrated in Figures 3 and ?and4.4. [b]The fact that brain development is not complete until near the age of 25 years refers specifically to the development of the prefrontal cortex.[/b]19"[/quote]

Free, long-acting birth control will help with this significantly. 
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/PSD_TitleX3_CFPI-Report.pdf
[quote]"In 2008, the Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment (CDPHE) secured funding from
a private donor to launch the Colorado Family
Planning Initiative (CFPI), an expansion of the
Family Planning Program that would provide
training, operational support and low- or no-cost
long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) to
low-income women statewide. LARC methods are
defined as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants.
By the middle of 2015, the initiative provided
LARCs to more than 36,000 women. Between 2009
and 2014, [b]birth and abortion rates both declined
by nearly 50 percent among teens aged 15-19 and
by 20 percent among young women aged 20-24[/b].
[b]Public assistance costs associated with births that
were averted among women aged 15-24 totaled
between $54.6 and $60.6 million[/b] for four entitlement programs."[/quote]

Every single person on here should be pushing for free & effective birth control.

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So, why every liberal wont do the same? Sponsor free birth control for everyone.[/quote]

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