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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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John and Vera,
I think without you the list will be boring... can you pick on the
health care reform bill that just passed the senate... I am thinking
Vera will argue/discuss more like a Republican/Conservative and John may
be the opposite... On a more serious note though I think it be helpful
to analyze what is there for the poor person because it is suppose to be
for them/us...
Samba
-----Original Message-----
From: African Association of Madison [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of VERA R CROWELL
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 9:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: What are your thoughts?
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NEW YEAR'S 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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John,
I knew what you meant. Doesn't Planned Parenthood want there to be fewer
abortions? Isn't the tagline for the Pro-Choice movement to "make
abortions rare?" Well, if teaching young people about fetal development
helped them to make better choices regarding their actions in addition
to helping them to prevent the conception of a child, why is that
regarded as something negative?
We should all want what is best for young people and their futures.
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"In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand carried
down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers. This took
a great deal of time."
----- Original Message -----
From: John Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, December 21, 2009 9:45 am
Subject: Re: What are your thoughts?
To: [log in to unmask]
> ********************************************************
>
> NEW YEAR'S 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
>
> ********************************************************
>
>
> You misread what I wrote, Vera. Fetal development class is not a
> building block in the prevention of STDs and pregnancies. Fetal
> development class is promoted by conservatives as a tool to prevent
abortion.
>
> Happy holidays,
>
> John
>
>
> On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:38 AM, VERA R CROWELL wrote:
> >
> >
> > You scare me, John. Why do you think that teaching young men and
> women about fetal development--before they become parents--is
> 'draconian?' Don't we have more than enough children suffering due to
> FAS? Don't we have more than enough children born to drug-addicted
> parents? Have you read the research indicating that males who smoke
> are more likely to have children with juvenile leukemia? Haven't more
> than enough families and children had to suffer the ravages of this
> disease? Information is key.
> >
> > Why the double standard?
> >
> > As far as criminalizing teenage sex goes, 19 & 20 year old males
> have no business 'doing the business' with 13, 14 and 15 year old
> girls. Period. At all. Neither do grown men, but it happens all the
time.
> >
> > Read this and get back to me.
> >
> > http://www.racialicious.com/2008/12/21/original-essay-the-not-rape-e
> > pidemic/
> >
> > ******************************
> > "In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand
> carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
> > This took a great deal of time."
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: John Stafford Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Monday, December 21, 2009 8:00 am
> > Subject: Re: What are your thoughts?
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >> ********************************************************
> >>
> >> NEW YEAR'S 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
> >>
> >> ********************************************************
> >>
> >> Exactly. "Fetal development courses" are as disingenuous a scare
> >> tactic as criminalizing teenaged sex is draconian. The
> >> "abstinence-based approach" has done nothing to stem the pregnancy
>
> >> rate. I agree that kudos are due MPS.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:46 PM, Emilie Ngo Nguidjol wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "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.sabi
> >>>> a.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:
> >>>>
> >>>>> ********************************************************
> >>>>>
> >>>>> NEW YEAR'S 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ********************************************************
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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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