Ok for all of those who are unaware of this current piece of legislation that is going on in California. Here is a brief breakdown, the California Parents Right to Know initiative, Proposition 73, is about a parents right to know if their minor child is attempting to seek an abortion. Since I am in the Midwest some might say,"why do you care?". The answer to this is simple, "I have two children and I would like to know about a serious choice!". Not to mention my family has strong pro-life beliefs.
My problem with the state of things now, is that a minor child can be suspended from school for possessing a multi-vitamin, and yet Planned Parent thinks that Prop. 73 is a terrible thing that infringes on a minors' right to choose. Call me old fashioned, but my parents made it crystal clear that they were responsible for me, and both of our opinions mattered!
Maybe my parents were "bad parents" I personally don't think so, but they did at least give me some basic morale beliefs, such as right and wrong. They also instilled a healthily religious belief also, and that Jesus Christ is our savior and through him all things are possible. That lead me through a very long and hard path, but I survived and learned just a few things, like this:
For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well; my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!Psalms 139:13-17That being said, where are other parents teaching their kids morals? Not saying mine are the best, but at least I was taught some morals. A thing that bothers me, is the apparent decrease in a parents involvement with their children' morale/spiritual growth. Maybe if we had parents "stepping up to the plate" our government would not have to waste its' time coddling the parents with fail their own children. This concept is very simple, if your children are not prepared to deal with a situation, they will fail! Does this mean that a parent can teach their child every response to a situation, NO, it simply means a child needs to be taught basic elements in order to deal with problems. It is kind of like the old saying:
Give a man a fish, and he will eat today.
Teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime.
Now kids will be kids, and they may not follow what they have been taught, but this doesn't excuse other adults to help inform parents that a mistake has been made. I am sorry folks, but sex before marriage is a mistake, but a baby is never a mistake! And remember in the end we are all Pro-Choice; it boils down to choosing to have sex or not, and then being responsible or not for your actions!