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NEW YEARS EVE GALA
Thursday, December 31, 2009
8:00 PM till Midnight and beyond
Grand Ball Room
Knights of Columbus
5256 Verona Road
Fitchburg, WI 53711
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Do you really find the Republicans' (rejected) amendments responsible? What ever happened to the proverbial "prevention is better than cure"? Where are these Republicans when the teen mothers need help raising their babies? Aren't they the same people who have ostracized the teen and single economically disadvantaged mothers?
In any case, careful scientific studies indicate rather consistently that condom distribution programs are not significantly related to initiation of sexual intercourse (in other words, they don't prompt young people to start having sex), but they DO promote safer sexual practices among youth who are sexually active. With Milwaukee's relatively high rate of teen pregnancy, this is a bold but very responsible move on the part of the school district.
Kudos to the MPS for this bold move.
--Emilie
----- Original Message -----
From: Vera Crowell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009 8:26 pm
Subject: Re: What are your thoughts?
To: [log in to unmask]
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> NEW YEARS EVE GALA
>
> Thursday, December 31, 2009
>
> 8:00 PM till Midnight and beyond
>
> Grand Ball Room
>
> Knights of Columbus
>
> 5256 Verona Road
>
> Fitchburg, WI 53711
>
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> "Republicans offered amendments - rejected by Democrats - that would
> have required schools to teach students about fetal development and
> the potential for criminal charges against underage students for
> having sex."
>
> Too many of our young men get into trouble having sex with underage
> girls & too many girls are victimized by older boys & grown men.
>
> Teaching fetal development might decrease drug & alcohol use among females.
>
> Nothing wrong with those amendments.
>
> Explain again how passing out condoms will lower the % of students
> having sex.
>
> There's a very interesting paper in the current issue of 'Demography'
> showing that delaying the onset of sexual activity among girls
> increases the likelihood of her graduating from high school.
>
>
>
> http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/demography/v046/46.4.sabia.html
>
>
>
> Joseph J. Sabia
> Daniel I. Rees
> The Effect of Sexual Abstinence on Females’ Educational Attainment
> Demography - Volume 46, Number 4, November 2009, pp. 695-715
>
> Population Association of America
>
> A number of studies have shown that teenagers who abstain from sex are
> more likely to graduate from high school and attend college than their
> sexually active peers. However, it is unclear whether this association
> represents a causal relationship or can be explained by unmeasured
> heterogeneity. We employ a variety of statistical techniques to
> distinguish between these hypotheses, using data on females from the
> National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Our results provide
> evidence that delaying first intercourse leads to an increased
> likelihood of graduating from high school. This relationship appears
> to be strongest among respondents in the bottom third of the ability
> distribution. Controlling for fertility reduces, but does not
> eliminate, the estimated effect of delaying intercourse.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 20, 2009, at 7:24 PM, Emilie Ngo Nguidjol
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > NEW YEARS EVE GALA
> >
> > Thursday, December 31, 2009
> >
> > 8:00 PM till Midnight and beyond
> >
> >
> > Grand Ball Room
> >
> > Knights of Columbus
> >
> > 5256 Verona Road
> >
> > Fitchburg, WI 53711
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> >Here's an article from the Milwaukee Journal/ Sentinel that reports
> on a gutsy and responsible move by the Milwaukee school district. The
> vote is to be applauded.
> >
> >http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/79580982.html
> >
> >Happy holidays,
> >--Emilie
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