One of the other reasons I have heard is that often the Christian university’s reactions to a pregnant unwed student is part of the problem.
When a girl turns up pregnant, she is kicked out of the school, and sent home in shame, all her plans and degree demolished, but almost always, nothing is done about the BOY who got her pregnant.
He is not forced to leave the school, he can finish his degree program and sometimes go on into the ministry. His whole life isn’t ruined by the episode.
It’s that double standard again that is so reprehensible.
That girl did not get pregnant in a vacuum. It takes two and yet she’s punished because of the simple fact that she’s carrying the baby. They BOTH committed the sexual sin and BOTH should have the same consequences but it doesn’t happen. But he doesn’t bear the stigma like she does and yet I’ll bet dollars to donuts that the reason they had sex in the first place was HIM putting the pressure on her to do it.
I still don’t believe that in general, the girl initiates sex in a dating relationship. There is too much of the emotional tie in it for girls to take it so lightly.
So, for the girl to not have her life ruined, she will often succumb to the pressure to have an abortion.
And sadly only find out later the true price that is paid when the bill comes due.
“One of the other reasons I have heard is that often the Christian university’s reactions to a pregnant unwed student is part of the problem.
When a girl turns up pregnant, she is kicked out of the school, and sent home in shame, all her plans and degree demolished, but almost always, nothing is done about the BOY who got her pregnant.
He is not forced to leave the school, he can finish his degree program and sometimes go on into the ministry. His whole life isn’t ruined by the episode.
It’s that double standard again that is so reprehensible.”
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I was just talking about this to someone to night GERRY.
I first heard about a story like that back in the 80’s on “Focus on the Family”. One Christian University had to stop doing just that because they found out the women were getting abortions. Of course they were! Christian Universities were not cheap. If it’s a toss up between loosing all their credits and tuition money and a baby they will get an abortion. Plus like you said the boy was never punished.
I tell you this. I heard a Protestant preacher once say “Don’t chase your daughter to the abortion clinic”. He knew the score.