Sexual Education

Most people agree that we, as a society, want to decrease the number of abortions.

The issue is universal. A Mexican woman protesting in support of abortion. Photo: AFP.

Like any grand statement, the means to getting to this end will be the judge of our seriousness and principles.

Tory Shepherd is right to point out our goals cannot be achieved through “guilt, hate and fear mongering”.

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  • Anne Stocks says:

    01:09pm | 18/06/11

    I did not conceive Miraculously it was through having sex strange that don’t you think? and I was not Married even stranger don’t you agree ? As for standing against Abortion for unborn Babies,  it’s very True what Tim Cannon shared which was .... There’s nothing medieval about it. It’s… Read more »

  • kris says:

    09:22pm | 04/03/11

    I cannot speak to anyone else’s experiences but my own. I had a wonderfully fulfilling and satisfying period of my life when I only had ‘casual’ sex. I never had a pregnancy or disease. I have since been married, happily and faithfully, for 15 years and have had two children.… Read more »

 

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