Gov. Wilson on Norplant
Wilson’s proposal to make Norplant widely available to teen-agers is mind-boggling. In essence, the message given to our young is that they can participate in promiscuous sexual activity and never bear any of the consequence, i.e., pregnancy.
In another article on the same day, we were told that the “Nation’s Syphilis Rate Worst Since 1949, Despite Drug Cure.” I can see it now. In a few years there will be no teen pregnancies, but sexually transmitted diseases will be even more rampant.
A few years ago the Legislature passed a bill which mandated that chastity and abstinence be taught in the sex education curriculum in public schools. It is to be given equal time with the teaching of artificial birth control.
What kind of a mixed message does this send to teen-agers? First they are taught the value of abstinence before marriage and then they are offered an implant that negates the message of self-control and responsible behavior.
LICIA NICASSIO, Pasadena
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