Legislature Takes Up Sex Ed & Divorce

(Sorry to disappoint, but the legislature failed once again.)

The most recent legislative session has ended. While induced abortion was basically banned, the legislators didn't see fit to make time for a bill that would have improved the sex education curriculum in this state. Apparently this august body doesn't comprehend that a better understanding of the reproductive system is the first step toward preventing unwanted pregnancies. Be sure to thank them. 

Divorce? No. That was also a tongue in cheek comment. Which is the larger problem in this state: Divorce or induced abortion?

In Alabama in 2014, the last year for which statistics in these two areas are readily available, we find some interesting numbers:

Induced Abortions             8,020

Divorces                          18,504


Some more interesting numbers from the Bible:

Times abortion is mentioned                                            0

Times divorce is mentioned (condemned, etc.)                 17


If our legislature really cared about family values, why doesn't it come up with something to counter the state's rising divorce numbers? J.D. Crowe with AL.com called our legislature a rather vulgar term, but he did hit the nail on its pointed little head. It's "Bass-ackward and proud of it!"