Program pays teen girls not to get pregnant

The government requires children to attend school.

The government later introduces health classes that teach children about how the body works. Because the government gradually takes over the role of parenting in many families, some legislators decide they should take it upon themselves to make sure we have sex education in our schools.

Some people claim that abstinence-based programs do not work so students in most states learn about various forms of birth control - "safe sex" programs, but it's STILL SEX.

All of this costs millions of dollars.

And yet, we have higher teen pregnancy rates than any industrialized country. In some of our schools, one in eight teen girls is pregnant. Who pays for the care of these babies? WE DO.

Then some bright persons get the idea that perhaps if we PAID girls not to get pregnant, that would be the answer. So, yes, you heard me right, there is a program in North Carolina - "College Bound Sisters" - that PAYS girls not to get pregnant.

What happens if they get pregnant? They are dropped from the program. But guess what? Then they'll be eligible for food stamps, health care, help with housing, and a host of other socialist programs that require the hard-working taxpayer to give them money regardless of whether they get pregnant or not. Either way, we're paying their bills!

Ridiculous.

If you want to read one of the news articles, it's here: http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=132280&catid=57

From the perspective of the child of a teen mother, my mom did NOT receive any money to help her when she had me. (Those programs didn't exist that long ago.) What she did receive was a lot of prejudice, hard work, and a difficult life trying to raise one baby and then (a few years later) another. She worked her tail off for about 15 years until I was in high school and then she went back to night school to get her GED. And all that time, she worked. None of my family has a lot of money, but we all work, pay our bills, and would appreciate it if we didn't have to give it all to these girls to either (a) not get pregnant or (b) get pregnant and then take care of their babies without having to work. It's not right either way. Let them learn that there are consequences to their actions.

Sex = baby = job, responsibilities, bills, loss of freedom, etc.

Perhaps if we did this, we wouldn't need sex education classes or babysitting in schools anymore. And we could keep more of our tax dollars as teens learn that SEX is more than just a night of fun!

Sonya Haskins