{"id":172580,"date":"2017-10-01T08:02:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T12:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=172580"},"modified":"2017-09-29T15:05:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T19:05:54","slug":"the-federalist-pushing-contraception-isnt-the-most-important-lesson-teens-need-about-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/the-federalist-pushing-contraception-isnt-the-most-important-lesson-teens-need-about-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"The Federalist: Pushing contraception isn’t the most important lesson teens need about sex"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of my patients\u2019 mothers, who was in high school when she gave birth, was the latest of her multiple sisters to become pregnant prior to graduation. She knows all about contraception. She does not know for sure who the baby\u2019s father was.<\/p>\n

Another teenage patient, who also knew all about contraception, quietly sobbed on my shoulder, simply saying she hoped this baby was someone who would love her.<\/p>\n

Early instructions from a physician about how to engage in uncommitted sex did not \u201cempower\u201d these young women. Providing more instructions even earlier isn\u2019t likely going to help either….<\/p>\n

How would my teen years have looked if the adults around me had not taught me that I was intrinsically valuable, and instead explained how I could have \u201csafe\u201d sex with a teen boy who didn\u2019t know me from Adam and whose hormones had replaced his thinking brain? What adults need to reinforce (whether writing for a teen magazine or as a physician giving advice) is that our bodies and hearts are connected. The entire package should be treasured and safe-guarded, not just given to the first bidder.<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Robin Pierucci, The Federalist<\/a>, September 28, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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