I think the problem with activists on either side of any issue is a sort of tunnel vision coupled with the urge to effect change immediately. It doesn't work that way in this country. We simply cannot force change. It takes time to build a power base. You have to go out there and change hearts and minds. You have to make POSITIVE as well as persuasive arguements. It's no different than the Dems calling Bush voters stupid or unenlightened, or whatever. That type of negativity causes resentment and turns off the voters you need who are more in the center.
Exactly ...
Changing hearts and minds..
Recent statistics show a hard drop in urban teenage pregnancies, and abortions.
The responsibility issue is being addressed, and the reaction is positive.
And from what I've been reading, it's not just the girls, but the guys that are starting to take a long hard look at how their actions have consequences..
Both sexes are beginning to understand that a one-night stand could result in a relationship that was doomed from the start, but is now forced upon them by parenthood.
Attitudes are changing.