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Originally posted by sgtclub
We are, but Africa serves as a good, although severe, example of the limits of education to transform behavior. So does drug education in this country. It would be nice to think that all we have to do is educate people and they will make better choices. That works at some level, but not with the vast majorities.
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Exactly. So give them free abortions and birth control.
Alternatively, you're using a variation of Laura Bush's argument against stem cell research ("Well, we don't know if it will work, so lets not try"). Yours seems to be "Stats seem to indicate poorly implemented education will not eradicate the problem, so lets throw out education as an option entirely."