The Planned Parenthood organization is the perfect example of dealing with a problem once it is too late. The initial problem is teen pregnancy and the logical solution is better parenting and or a lesson on simple abstinence. But, because society has become too indifferent to face problems head-on and instead take the easy way out, the consequences only adds more problems thereby ignoring any logic.

If a young woman decides to have sex, they must understand that there are natural laws that apply, such as getting pregnant, and now-a-days, contracting a deadly disease. But if they decide to do it anyway, they must face either of those consequences unless they decide to poison their bodies with birth control or God-forbid man's uncivilized answer to thwart birth, the abortion.

Because it seems to have become too difficult and too time consuming and requires too much brain consumption to actually raise a child gone teenager by explaining to them the facts of life, society's parents have simply given up and accepted the next best thing, never mind how psychologically or physically destructive. As long as they do not have to do too much thinking and disciplining of their offspring.

The result of this lackadaisical practice of child rearing has resulted in organizations such as Planned Parenthood, who have taken the reigns once the parent has given up on their teen or even on their own sexual self-control. This organization supposedly fights for the rights of teens and sexually active women to practice birth control and or have an abortion so not many "unwanted" children are birthed into this God-awful world.

The problem with these type organizations and personal philosophies is that they do not consider the fact that the whole problem could be controlled if people started actually practicing self-control. Alternatively, if parents had the morals to teach their children that it is better to maintain control over their own bodies than to give it over to the forces of man instead of the laws of nature.

So these organizations and social philosophers call themselves helping society by offering an alternative to "unwanted" children by encouraging teens and women to practice sex freely as long as they protect themselves and have the laws on their side to protect them regardless of their actions. Below is an article from the Planned Parenthood website that reports a study they conducted about why teenagers would rebel if the laws forced parental involvement in the child's sex life.

Young Women Would Stop Using Birth Control if Their Parents Were Notified

Ever since our founder Margaret Sanger was thrown in jail for providing information about birth control 86 years ago, Planned Parenthood has fought for access to confidential sexual health information and services for sexually active women of all ages, including women under 18.

The crucial importance of our fight has been borne out by a recent survey of teenage women in Wisconsin. The study, "Effects of Mandatory Parental Notification on Adolescent Girls' Use of Sexual Health Care Services," was published in the August 14, 2002, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Nearly 1,000 girls younger than 18 who are using birth control and safer sex methods were asked what they would do if their states passed parental notification laws requiring health centers to involve their parents in these sexual health decisions. The answers these girls gave were clear:

• None of them would stop having sex.


• Nearly 50 percent would stop seeking sexual and reproductive health care.


• Nearly 30 percent would have unprotected vaginal intercourse.


• A similar number said they would rely on withdrawal for protection.


• The one percent who said they would give up vaginal intercourse said they'd rely on oral sex instead, which would prevent pregnancy but not infection.

It is obvious from these survey results that proposed parental notification laws for contraceptive and safer sex services can only lead to increased numbers of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among teenage women.

That's why public health experts, including those at Planned Parenthood, have long opposed interfering with young people's access to these important and intimate services. Professionals, lawmakers, and caregivers who care about young people will not put their health and well-being at risk with misguided parental notification laws.

Forty-two million, or seven in 10 women of reproductive age, are sexually active and do not want to become pregnant. Nearly half of America's 6.3 million annual pregnancies are accidental. Unintended pregnancies result in 1.4 million abortions annually, as well as 1.2 million births that women either did not want to have until later or did not want at all (AGI, 2000). Eighty percent of teen pregnancies are unintended, and each year, one in 10 young women aged 15-19 become pregnant; more than half become mothers (AGI, 1999).

Widespread use of emergency contraception could prevent an estimated 1.7 million unintended pregnancies and 800,000 abortions each year (Glasier & Baird, 1998; Van Look & Stewart, 1998).

One of the most disturbing ideas in this article is this: "It is obvious from these survey results that proposed parental notification laws for contraceptive and safer sex services can only lead to increased numbers of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among teenage women."

They base this conclusion on the answers of teenage girls who are sexuality active. This is like enforcing a law based on the petitions of bank robbers who want more cooperation from bank tellers during a robbery. How can any logic, or let alone a solution, come from a group of people who have started wrong in the first place? Who cares what these girls will do that they have not already done. The answer is not compliance with immorality, but prevention of immorality.

Another problem with this philosophy is this: "Forty-two million, or seven in 10 women of reproductive age, are sexually active and do not want to become pregnant" Well let's see, if they understand anything about the reproductive system they would not have sex. The problem is that they have become dependant on the sciences of man and have totally left off the natural laws of life and of God. This is not good and not a direction any parent should allow their child to take nor should they trust.

Black America should never fall victim to these philosophies and practices of the secular American culture. Millions of people in the world see American culture as immoral and ungodly and millions of people and many nations hold contempt for America's values. This is not a Black ideology at all but a white one, and should not be adapted by any Black parent. Please fight against organizations of this sort.

© 2004 by C.R. Hamilton