Pence and Abstinence

This morning, I came across this article about an interview of Mike Pence in 2002 by Wolf Blitzer.  I realize it is 14 years old, but something tells me that Mike Pence's views on birth control have not changed. I would like to extend an invitation to any woman who supports Trump/Pence to tell me how, in their 21st century minds, they can vote for someone who says things like that. I do not understand it.

Anywhere you look, you see that time and time again, studies have shown abstinence only education does not work. This study from 2007. Although my doctor always tells me not to look things up online, one of my favorite self-diagnosis websites, and one most Americans run to as soon as a new rash pops up, WebMD, agrees, too. The Advocates for Youth Organization says on their website "Abstinence-only education programs are not effective at delaying the initiation of sexual activity or in reducing teen pregnancy."  (click for full article).

On the other hand, here are some "cool" statistics for abstinence. Come on, kids, a whopping 3% of Americans wait to have sex until marriage. THREE. They are trying to tell people that is a large number. I hate to tell you, it's not. I think that encouraging people to wait to have sex until he/she is married, is also encouraging them to get married young. We live in a world where now, women especially, can go out and live their lives anyway they want to. We can go to college, we can go to grad school, we can run companies, we can start companies, we can run for president. And, we are living longer! When people started waiting for marriage to have sex, it was because they were getting married at 14, having babies, and dying before they turned 40. Now we are living into our 90s. There is no rush to get married and have babies. We don't even have to have babies any more! That's right, I said it here: women, listen up. Your life is still valid if you don't have kids. And you should be able to live your life, enjoying sex, even if you aren't married, even if you are and you don't want kids, without the worry of getting a disease or pregnant.

SO, I pose this question: if you support contraception, (I'm not even getting into a woman's right to choose, I am just talking about the basic principle of BIRTH CONTROL), HOW, can you vote for Trump/Pence?

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