While We're On the Topic....

Agatha's post of Bristol Palin's abstinence message provoked some reflection for me these past few days. First of all, I found the end of it repulsive. Not the progressively getting poorer and more haggard looking Bristol, though I thought that in very poor taste. But even more so, I found her words 'Pause before you play" utterly revolting - is she reducing sexuality to mere 'play?' Is she saying pause and put on a condom? Is she saying pause and reflect upon what you are about to do? Is she saying pause and wait until marriage? What exactly is the message? I don't know, and I certainly don't think she really portrayed the message quite well, whatever it was meant to be.

And while we are on the topic of teen pregnancy, there is an 11 year-old girl in Mexico City, who, despite pressure from gaping feminists, refuses to have an abortion because she realizes that there is 'a life growing' inside her womb. There are no details about what happened to this poor child, but God has given her a heavy cross indeed, and she bears it with dignity - "out of the mouth of babes." In a follow-up article, Catholic News Agency describes the pressures many young women (and girls) face in Mexico City from pro-abortion organizations:

First they find a girl who has been raped and they keep her hidden and inaccessible to any kind of assistance. Second, they expose the case to the media without revealing any details of her clinical history. . . .

Third, they center their media message on the idea that the legalization of so-called ‘therapeutic abortion’ is the solution for saving the lives of women. Fourth, they present themselves as the saviors of the life of the mother, and anyone who opposes their pro-abortion demands are quasi-criminals.

Sound familiar? It should. It's the same type of strategy Norma McCorvey (aka Jane Roe) describes happened to her during Roe v. Wade.

The real problem, according to Bristol Palin (well, apparently so) and the Catholic News Agency articles above is teenage promiscuity, and we might add, promiscuity in general. And for a humorous and irrational take on that subject, check what this Iranian cleric has to say...