So Tony Blair thinks the way to stop teenare pre nancies is too impose curfews, does Well apart from the fact that that seems to be his solution to everything, he clearly had a very different adolescence to mine. What i remember was trying out as many things or against my parents instructions - pretty much for the Why - not as pop physcology is wont to tell you because young people like rebelling for the hell of it - but actually because i was fed up with being treated as Irresponsible OUTLOOK IN THE NINETIES, millions of women and men have taken part in mobilisations against the evils of capitalism and the bureaucratic dicta. torships. This reflects the fact that humanity face widening dangers. Ecological, military, social and economic devastation faces millions of people.
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If you don't believe me -check the statistics. Britain has the highest level on teenage pregnancies in Europe at the same time as it has one of the worst attitudes To out openeral poor sex education, lousy access to contraception and abortion and few other aspirations that seem realistic for young working class people other than parenthood.
Young women have always had children while they have been at school - I could tell convent school, but the media didn't get hold of the stories as readily as they do now. And if twelve does seem ridiculously young that's because young people really are maturing younger - a scientific fact based on improved nutrition rather than a caused for tabloid hype.
Socialists and feminists are in favour of choice for women as to when to and whether to have children.
That's why we fight for comprehensive, non-moralistic traception & abortion on demand. It's also why we fight for a decent minimum ware and for the right to a proper, socially useful job for all. I think our solutions would be a lot better at reducing the rate of teenage pregnancies than Susan Moore, London KId Write to us (preferably 400 words or less) on any topic at PO Box 1109 London N4 2UU or e-mail [email protected]. • Visit our web site: www.labournet.org.uk/so