Posted by Genevieve Parker on ContraceptionBlog.com
In light of all the flack associated with Bush's apointment of Dr. Eric Keroack as director of the HHS's Family Planning arm, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse writes on what she refers to as "A Rubber Ideology" of condomism. Basically, she ties the utter disdain of contraceptive advocates for abstinence education to an underlying sexual ideology based on 4 tenets:
1. Every person capable of giving meaningful consent is entitled to unlimited sexual activity.
2. All negative consequences of sexual activity can be controlled through the use of contraception. Sexual Transmitted Diseases can be controlled through the use of condoms. The probability of pregnancy can be eliminated through contraception, properly used.
3. No one is required to give birth to a baby, in the event of pregnancy. Abortion, for any reason or no reason, at any time during pregnancy, is an absolute entitlement.
4. Any negative consequences of sexual activity that can not be handled by contraception or abortion are not worth talking about.
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