[Dr. Sivana]

The practical and economic appeal goes far beyond a narrow philosophy that is maintained buy the most erudite religious thinkers.

Actually, practical and economic considerations are far narrower than philosophical considerations. Natural Law is a philosophical construct, not only religious, and was largely described by great pagan thinkers like Aristotle and Plato.

Lots of "practical" acts are also immoral ones. For folks in certain areas, being a drug dealer may be the most practical way to get by financially. For some clerks, stealing from the till might be a practical way to pay the rent.

And of course, most modern birth control pills are sometimes abortifacient. I have never yet met someone defending the practice who bothered looking up which ones are more likely to cause an early abortion by preventing implantation. They either didn't care, or didn't want to know.

There are laws that govern the sale of products to the under aged. If they can’t buy a can of spray paint, they can’t buy contraception w/o parental permission.

This article is about Jindal promoting a plan to change that, and allow a 14 year old girl or a 13 year old boy to purchase said items at the corner convenience store as easily as buying Aspirin. It would be (under the Jindal plan) EASIER than buying the spray paint.

[a5478]

The examples you give of practical immorality are errant. Neither of those is practical at all. They are neither practical as policty or as individual choice - they are both acts predicated on desperation.

Please reference the specific Jinda agenda which legalized the sale of medication of this nature to underage children without adult consent.

Self medicating has its pitfalls. Individuals will perhaps sue the manufacturer instead of their physician for unintended outcomes. There will be huge headlines regarding each particular result.

This results in more self education as people will not simply take what the doctor prescribes. In general, I like philosophical constructs. In reality, I would like to prevent the need for abortion and for ending quasi contraception clinics that actually exist to perform abortion.