Implanon. I can say this while many others may be afraid to. Inserted into the upper arm, the birth control lasts for three years. Some courts have ordered women to use it. There's also Depo-Provera. We use this for our young ladies with DD--a simple shot which lasts three months. There's no way our girls could parent a child with IQ's in the 50-60 range but we would have no say in the matter if they ever got pregnant by rape or through a consensual act.
The smartest thing we EVER did was talk our daughter into Implanon a month before she was stolen by traffickers. We bribed her and I am so glad we did. Our heart breaks for her but at least we know there isn't an innocent child in the mix. I live with total dread as this three year period comes to an end. I can only pray that her pimp will get her to a Planned Parenthood as she couldn't find one on her own.
We've just got to stop all the unplanned babies from being conceived. There's an estimated 500,000 already in foster care and we just don't have enough homes. Adoptive parents are not lining up. Fully 80% of children in care arrive with serious sexual abuse and drug exposure issues. They are born tremendously compromised. They are children whose special needs are going to require intensive services for a life time. Not for five years...but for 75 years. DHS can't make anyone happy. They are either condemned for being too hard-nosed or too lax. They are drowning in needy kids and broken families. The system we have in place for children is simply not sustainable.
Let everybody party as much as they want. If and when they grow up and decide to settle down, then it's time to think about making babies. Oh, how I wish reproductive organs got switched on ONLY after you'd completed high school, worked for a few years, paid your cell phone bill on time, had procured a safe and decent place to live, and completed some community service. Then, and only then, you get to make a baby.
Maybe then, babies would be cherished and anticipated with joy...and not shoved to the edge of the bed to get raped and beaten by people who have no right to have a child. JMO
As is painfully apparent, I'm getting tired of the battle.
The smartest thing we EVER did was talk our daughter into Implanon a month before she was stolen by traffickers. We bribed her and I am so glad we did. Our heart breaks for her but at least we know there isn't an innocent child in the mix. I live with total dread as this three year period comes to an end. I can only pray that her pimp will get her to a Planned Parenthood as she couldn't find one on her own.
We've just got to stop all the unplanned babies from being conceived. There's an estimated 500,000 already in foster care and we just don't have enough homes. Adoptive parents are not lining up. Fully 80% of children in care arrive with serious sexual abuse and drug exposure issues. They are born tremendously compromised. They are children whose special needs are going to require intensive services for a life time. Not for five years...but for 75 years. DHS can't make anyone happy. They are either condemned for being too hard-nosed or too lax. They are drowning in needy kids and broken families. The system we have in place for children is simply not sustainable.
Let everybody party as much as they want. If and when they grow up and decide to settle down, then it's time to think about making babies. Oh, how I wish reproductive organs got switched on ONLY after you'd completed high school, worked for a few years, paid your cell phone bill on time, had procured a safe and decent place to live, and completed some community service. Then, and only then, you get to make a baby.
Maybe then, babies would be cherished and anticipated with joy...and not shoved to the edge of the bed to get raped and beaten by people who have no right to have a child. JMO
As is painfully apparent, I'm getting tired of the battle.
