
“Given bad options, birth control the right call for these kids”
I thought that you wrote on an interesting and provocative topic. You present your ideas in a clear manner through the use of strong language which helps to articulate your opinions. However, I think that perhaps the style was a little to casual for such serious subject matter. For instance, you open the post with “Thirteen-year-olds come to school very pregnant.” This seems to be attempting humor in a situation that does not merit such whimsical language. I was also unable to find your stance on giving adolescents birth control. You argue for both sides fairly well, but never actually come out and say whether you agree with one side or the other. At the end of the post you say, “There are no easy answers here, are there?” That is true, but what is the point of writing the post if not to inform others of your opinion and your reasons for supporting whatever side you choose? I believe that you make the issue too b

“Should Schools Dispense Birth Control?”
I enjoyed the lively and entertaining style that was used in writing your post. It made this piece both fun to read and easily understandable. However, you may want to consider being a little more respectful. You open with “Demonstrating that a lot of Americans aren’t too bright . . .” which I must say I find to be offensive. You go on to compare having sex to eating candy which doesn’t seem to make much sense. You also state that “It’s one thing to say that teens should have relatively easy access to birth control . . . but quite another for nearly 1/3 of Americans to say that parents have no right to manage that decision for their kids.” So, you are saying that giving contraceptives to these adolescents is taking the decision away from the parents. But do you think that the girls who are getting impregnated ask their parents’ permission first? No, they simply go out and have unprotected sex because they are either too scared to ask their parents to buy them a condom or were told that sex is wrong and not given a condom when they asked for one. It really isn’t the parent’s decision since they cannot keep their children from having sex unless they never let them out of the house. So why not be safe and give these teenagers access to birth control. I think that you need to realize that there are not just two sides to this argument. It is not as clear cut as you seem to imagine and I suggest you take a closer look at the issue and refrain from putting your views on Americans in your posts.