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Re: ADMINISTRATION PROMOTING ABSTINENCE From: Charlie Chambers (cchamber@alumni.rice.edu) Tue Jul 31 12:48:37 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Eberhard Lisse: "Re: for the respecetd Dr. E. Lisse! ATTN: GEFF" Previous message: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: ADMINISTRATION PROMOTING ABSTINENCE" In reply to: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: ADMINISTRATION PROMOTING ABSTINENCE" Next in thread: Robert J Woolley: "Re: ADMINISTRATION PROMOTING ABSTINENCE" on 7/31/01 10:39 AM, Joanne Bulley, MD at jbulley@cheshire.net wrote: > Bob > > I don't see it as only two options - but condoms aren't the most > reliable choice for contraception. The longer than one paragraph > discussion I have with the patient covers much more. > > We happen to be in a society that has chosen to have government and > insurance involvement with a lot of this stuff. It is my opinion that > we need reliable and accessible contraceptive measures available. It is > less expensive to ALL of us if we can diminish the number of unintended > pregnancies - as well as other consequences of sexual intercourse. > > I don't think our government should be promoting and abstinence is the > only thing you can discuss and get paid for poilcy. We can't force the > issue of sexuality under a rug by saying "Don't do it!" > > Joanne > > At Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Robert J Woolley wrote: >> >> On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote: >> >>> Is this comparable to Bush promoting ethanol abstinence - and having his >>> daughter arrested for false ID and underage drinking? >>> >>> I DO promote abstinence - from several angles - but there must be access >>> without barriers for those having sex. They should not be left with the >>> victorian option of - you had sex, now have the baby - preferably by >>> disappearing at some unwed mothers home and pretending it never >>> happened! Or you had sex - now live with the consequences of GC, >>> Chlamydia, HPV, Syphyllis or HIV. >>> >> Why do you see these as the only two choices they have? Does anything >> prevent them from walking into K-Mart and buying a box of condoms? > > -- > Joanne Bulley, MD > Keene, NH, USA Joanne, are you kidding? Didn't it work well for the "war on drugs"? Just say no!! Plus, taking a very complicated issue like untintended pregnancy and attempting to convert it to a binary answer, yes or no, seems almost simplistic. And if you can't say no, then the consequences are yours and yours alone. -- ###################### Charlie Chambers Hood River, OR USA cchamber@alumni.rice.edu ###################### Next message: Eberhard Lisse: "Re: for the respecetd Dr. E. Lisse! ATTN: GEFF" Previous message: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: ADMINISTRATION PROMOTING ABSTINENCE" In reply to: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: ADMINISTRATION PROMOTING ABSTINENCE" Next in thread: Robert J Woolley: "Re: ADMINISTRATION PROMOTING ABSTINENCE"

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