Coalition for Marriage and Family Says Media Missed Mark In Gloucester

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Mainstream Media Misses the Mark in Gloucester

Dear Friends,

Troubling local and national news stories are emerging from the city of Gloucester. It was recently revealed that several Gloucester teenage girls had made a pact to get pregnant and raise their father-less children together. Details are available in the news stories linked to below.

The alarm must be sounded about the public policy issues resulting from the recent news. “Family Planning Advocates” are using these incidents to further push contraceptives on troubled school children without parental consent. We need to raise our voices to counteract this dangerous plan which harms young teens and tramples parents’ rights.

Would condoms and birth control have done anything to prevent this situation? No! The children wanted to become pregnant for lack of knowledge of healthier choices.

What the mainstream media has missed in making this a story about birth control is the deeper need for adults to instill in youngsters the many reasons why it’s important to delay sexual activity until marriage.

What could have persuaded these girls to choose another path? Abstinence education — the kind that was offered free of charge to Massachusetts from the federal government and Governor Patrick refused to accept! The Gloucester girls were never taught to have a positive vision of their future, never encouraged to abstain from sexual activity until marriage, never motivated to consider the importance of raising their child with the loving support of a husband—all taught in abstinence-also education programs that are being pushed out of Massachusetts schools under Deval Patrick.

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Matt Margolis is co-author (with Mark Noonan) of Caucus of Corruption: The Truth About The New Democratic Majority. He also blogs at The Buffalo Bean. Follow Matt on Twitter.