betsy@dartvax.UUCP (Betsy Hanes Perry) (09/13/85)
There's been a certain amount of talk in this newsgroup
about whether Planned Parenthood presents sexual abstinence as
an option. I can prove that at least one PP chapter does: the
following quotation is from a pamphlet, "She Will Always Remember You",
copyright 1970 by Planned Parenthood of Colorado.
"Any honest, responsible relationship that includes sex also
includes contraception, and this means that both of you go
to a physician or clinic for medically supervised assistance.
If she's too embarrassed, too shy, too insecure to get
contraceptive help, you have only one honest choice. You wait or you
get another girl. If you're the one who's too embarrassed
(you don't really know her well enough to discuss it?) why
don't you just wait a few years until you grow up."
"But don't talk to her about love, honesty, or personal freedom.
Without a decision on contraception, that kind of talk is a
coward's lie."
Amen.
--
Elizabeth Hanes Perry
UUCP: {decvax |ihnp4 | linus| cornell}!dartvax!betsy
CSNET: betsy@dartmouth
ARPA: betsy%dartmouth@csnet-relay
"Ooh, ick!" -- Penfoldray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank) (09/16/85)
> There's been a certain amount of talk in this newsgroup > about whether Planned Parenthood presents sexual abstinence as > an option. I can prove that at least one PP chapter does: the > following quotation is from a pamphlet, "She Will Always Remember You", > copyright 1970 by Planned Parenthood of Colorado. > > "Any honest, responsible relationship that includes sex also > includes contraception, and this means that both of you go > to a physician or clinic for medically supervised assistance. > If she's too embarrassed, too shy, too insecure to get > contraceptive help, you have only one honest choice. You wait or you > get another girl. If you're the one who's too embarrassed > (you don't really know her well enough to discuss it?) why > don't you just wait a few years until you grow up." > > "But don't talk to her about love, honesty, or personal freedom. > Without a decision on contraception, that kind of talk is a > coward's lie." > > Amen. > -- > Elizabeth Hanes Perry > UUCP: {decvax |ihnp4 | linus| cornell}!dartvax!betsy > CSNET: betsy@dartmouth > ARPA: betsy%dartmouth@csnet-relay > "Ooh, ick!" -- Penfold I simply do not find any counseling here concerning abstinence on the usual grounds relating to moral or ethical values, especially those that may have been discussed in the home. I also do not find any discussion in the area of inner conflict as a result of mixed emotions about whether it is at all wise for any person of any age to be engaged in pre-marital sex. The only discussion here is whether or not one happens to be too embarrassed or shy to ask a clerk at a drug store for contraceptives. This is very common even among adults I have known. If drug stores sold or doctors offices sold marital aids, such as Doc Johnson's Joy Jelly, I do believe even mature adults would be somewhat hesitant to inquire about it or purchase those products. If this were the case, would PP suggest that these adults were somewhat immature and should wait a few years? I still consider PP as an interfering outside organization that can have the effect of undermining established social values through strict adherance to a set of alternative values established by the proponents of PP. If I wanted to be a counselor at PP, do you not believe I would have to be predisposed to supporting the doctrines of PP? Would I be aloud to counsel on my terms instead of PP's? I doubt it.