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We are now seeing the cloning of humans, mixtures of human and animal embryos, embryonic stem cell research (which makes and then destroys human embryos), the destruction of "extra" frozen IVF human embryos, and the sale of human fetal body parts, all presented by the media in very desensitizing ways. 

We must recognize that every abortion and every embryo produced and destroyed for "research" causes the death of a living, defenseless human being, if allowed to develop in an uninterrupted way.

Every one of these could be our neighbor, relative, or friend. Would we want someone we know to be treated this way? Why do we then allow it to happen just because we haven't met these little ones? Dignity is due to every human life from fertilization through the moment of natural death.

-- Michael Lathem, M.D. 

 
Birth Control Use Data for Teen and Young Adult Females, 1995 PDF Print E-mail

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, Vital and Health Statistics Division data for 1995:

  15-19 year olds 20-24 year olds
Pill 13% 33%
Condom 10.9% 16.7%
No Contraceptives 70.2% 36.6%
Never had intercourse 49.8% 12.1%

Of 9.7 million women using "coitis-dependent contraceptives"  [i.e. barrier birth control methods such as the condom] in the 3 months prior to the interview, about 33% -- over 3 million -- used them inconsistently. An even higher percentage of teens using these methods reported inconsistent use -- 38%. The highest percentage of any group of women reporting inconsistent use was in the 20-24 year old group -- almost 42%.

9% of sexually active teens under age 16 are using the pill; 33.6% of these teens use condoms.

Nearly 30% of all women who had intercourse in the 3 months prior to the interview and used the pill as the only contraceptive method, reported missing a pill at least once during the cycle. [Table 45]

 
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