When, oh when, will America learn? Shouldn't it be obvious? We have the highest teen pregnancy rate among the most developed countries in the world, so handing yet another form of birth control to our kids is ludicrous. And yet, the FDA has now made the "morning after" contraceptive available to 17-year-olds without a prescription. What just happened here?
The president of Planned Parenthood called the decision "commonsense policy." Commonsense? Is anyone really believing that? Never mind the moral implications here. I don't need to tread that road with all of you. We know better.
Why just 17-year-olds? Does the FDA care about our 17-year-olds? Unlikely. Do they care about the pharmaceutical industry? More than our kids, most certainly. The saddest part of all is the message it sends to our girls. In essence, they are being told, "You are God over your body and your life."
One has to wonder what would happen if the government went after the numerous industries that are sexualizing our girls at such a young age, in particular the media. Not likely to happen though, is it? The media would hate to report on the horrors of...the media. :)
Moms, Dads, hang in there. Keep fighting those messages your daughters are bombarded with every day. Keep reminding them, He is the Lord, and apart from Him there is no savior. Not a pill, not a boy, not the government.
Praying for you and your children,
Lisa
