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by jasonfarnon 4 days ago
" likely not a lack of discipline from teenagers"

You two might be using "discipline" pretty different. Your definition of discipline would encompass constant casual sex as long as contraceptives were used and any abortions were prompt, right?

2 comments

They’re talking about evidence-based solutions to the issue, yes. Discipline is probably the wrong word. Expecting teenagers to be disciplined is a fool’s errand.
'Discipline to avoid teen pregnancy', is it really hard to connect those few dots to what it actually means in behavior?
It's easy to connect the dots, which is that an obfuscation was being applied.