Dietrich Bonhoffer in “The Cost of Discipleship” wrote about “cheap grace” and “costly grace”.
“‘Cheap grace,’ Bonhoffer wrote, ‘is the grace we bestow on ourselves…grace without discipleship….Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must know….It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life.’”

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Liberal education and sex instruction doesn’t work to get people to regard to sex.

One day people will notice that nothing works and start placing people in plastic bags with no openings until the age of 40 or some modern type of chastity belt.

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“Emergency contraception” usually refers to the “morning after pill”.

My understanding is that in addition to this, girls will be able to ask a pharmacist for regular contraceptive pills without a prescription from a doctor. This is medically irresponsible and potentially harmful. These pills can have dangerous side-effects.

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All three 12-year-olds were part of a Daily Mail investigation. None of them were pregnant but the Daily Mail obtained the girls’ parents’ permission to have them go to the pharmacies and ask for emergency contraception.

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This study showed that free, advance access to emergency contraception resulted in no decrease in the rates of abortion in a Scottish population: Glasier A, Fairhurst W et al. Advanced provision of emergency contraception does not reduce abortion rates. Contraception 69:361-366, 2004.

This study, from San Francisco, showed no decrease in the rate of unintended pregnancy when participants were given free, advance access to emergency contraception, as well as specific instructions on the use of Plan B: Raine T, Harper C, et al. Direct access to emergency contraception through pharmacies and effect on unintended pregnancy and STI’s: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 293:54-62, 2005.

So, giving people Plan B to keep in their purses doesn’t decrease the rate of unintended pregnancy or abortion. I have no idea what the Dorset health officials are hoping to accomplish, but the medical literature doesn’t support a conclusion that their plan will fix the problem they’re claiming to address.

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* “…and their parents are clueless.”

Indeed!

* “…instead of ‘having to answer embarrassing questions about their private lives…”

Here’s the heart of the problem. We adults are shivering in our proverbial boots, terrified over the prospect of a promiscuous 13-year-old feeling embarrassed.” Heaven help us, because politicians and health workers sure can’t seem to.

One more:

* “… girls can fill out a card for emergency controception.”

Just what is “emergency controception”, as opposed to regular controception? Is “emergency controception” the same as “back alley controception?” Being an “emergency” does this mean the little girl can fill out the card during the dangerous activity? Or are we talking about the “morning after pill?” Just asking.

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And I’m curious as to why a 12-year-old knows to ask for Plan B.

If it were only about keeping an unwanted child from being conceived, it wouldn’t bother me that teenagers are seeking contraceptives.

But sex involves far more than babies–it touches on who the girls think they are, what their futures look like, the possibility of disease, what they’re missing from their lives if they are sexually active at such a young age and a host of other things. Not even mentioning the spiritual aspect of what happens to a soul when it starts being physically used by a non-mate, especially when it is barely out of childhood.

Surely these kids have better ways to use their time than to experiment with sex. Homework anyone?

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