On the recordSeptember 9, 1997
I think the thoughtful comments of the gentleman from Pennsylvania deserve some response. When he says good parents do not need this because this never happens in good families, of course it happens in good families. Good families want to get involved when something happens that is a surprise to them. If we say that availability of birth control has no affect on sexual activity, I lived through the 1960's and the early 1970's. I know all the writings that are out there saying that the availability of the pill and so forth and birth control had a huge affect on sexual activity in America. I do not think that we can say, here is a hammer, here is a nail, here is a board. But believe me, I am not encouraging you to have it. I do not think that would be realistic.
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