Make birth control available to those who can't afford it so they CAN be responsible like most of them want to be.
I know I live here.
I would be interested in any stats that you may have of how many boys or girls can not really afford a rubber.
I think it has been too long since you were young, my friend. It is not so much about cost as
availability (especially at the appropriate time), which is quite a different matter.
Isso, I had a flippant response to put here earlier (something like....condoms don't fit girls) but so much has been added and well my silly mood went away.
What NWP says here about the value of availability and what Mellow said earlier too was right on. Condoms aren't always in the right place at the right time....not to mention a hassle and all that.
But you're right they are cheap and pretty easy to get. I've seen them sold in men's restrooms (hey! remember I have a cleaning service!).
All this said and a point I mentioned earlier in this thread, can you think of any reason why female birth control (administered by herself at her own discretion instead of nudging the boy out of bed to take care of the problem?) can't be as cheap and as easy to get so that the girl can have some control over the situation?
There is no gender bias here?
Without links to back me up, I'm going to go out on a huge limb and say MOST WOMEN WANT TO HAVE BIRTH CONTROL OPTIONS THAT DON'T INCLUDE JUST NOT EVER HAVING SEX AGAIN.
I would like to add that I had my tubes tied when I was in my late 30s. I had just gotten a divorce. I didn't even have a boy friend but I knew I didn't want anymore children and I wanted to give up birth control pills.
I had good insurance at that time though so I could afford to take that responsibility.
One more thing I'd like to add....
The fact that I ended up with another baby any way (not very long after that)
was all good.
