100% Preventable

Posted by on December 3rd, 2008 at 07:01pm

Pal2pal wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
So often we hear comments like “It couldn’t be helped” or “It wasn’t my fault.  Blaming others and dodging responsibility are stances that are rampant in today’s society. 
 
The other day I was thinking about things that are totally preventable and quickly came up with seven specific topics.  There are likely many, many more, but let’s just focus on a few of the possibilities:
 
Pregnancy – This one is easy.  No sex – no pregnancy.  But abstinence seems to be rather rare. A second choice, therefore is birth control but I know many individuals who have used this and still become pregnant.  Sex education involves knowing the risks and making good choices based on this knowledge.  Abstinence, however, is foolproof.
 
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) – The ONLY time that a child can be diagnosed with this is if the mother drank alcohol during the pregnancy.  There is no exact formula or strategy […]

Read the rest of this great post here

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