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	~~Do you remember when we were told that the increase in the divorce rate and the number of children born out of wedlock were problems sex education in the schools could solve?~~
	~~I'll be right back.~~

	~~Recently a Los Angeles newspaper editorialized~~ about the ~~increasing birth rate among unwed teenage mothers, calling~~ it ~~a personal disaster for them and their children and a social disaster for the country~~. ~~The writer then confirmed his opinion by citing statistics developed in~~ a ~~two-year study by a task force of the House Select Committee on Population. The figures are indeed sobering, one million adolescent girls get pregnant each year and a third~~ of ~~them have abortions. Of~~ the ~~six hundred thousand who gave birth~~ last ~~year, almost half, two hundred and fifty thousand, were under seventeen years of age. About seventy percent of~~ the ~~pregnant girls do not finish high school and ninety percent~~ of ~~those under age 15, drop out of school.~~		Not too long ago in talking about sex education in our schools I mentioned (if
	~~>>MISSING<<~~		I remember correctly) that someone had recommended lowering the age of consent to
	~~IN 1976, about half of the public funds expended for Aid to Families with Dependent Children, 4~~.~~6 billion, went to mothers~~ who ~~first gave birth as teenagers. Births among unwed teenagers have more than doubled since 1960 and~~ the ~~rate of births to girls under 15 has increased 33% in the last 10 years. 50% of unwed mothers are in their teens~~.		13 years. Let me correct that statement. Someone didn't just suggest it. It's a
			part of the 212 page criminal code signed into law last August in the state of New
			Jersey. It has just been discovered by a New Jersey police officer who sounded the
			alarm.

	The ~~editorial went on to support proposals by a member~~ of ~~Congress~~ to ~~increase funds to extend family planning services to more teenagers~~ and ~~for an extension of~~ sex ~~education in our schools. It was pointed out that these proposals could lead to a saving of money because so many of these teenage mothers became dependent on welfare~~.		The new law reads that age of consent for sexual intercourse is lowered to 13
			and even lower if there is less than 4 years difference in age between children
			having sex.

	~~I've never been against saving tax dollars but I wonder if our first concern shouldn't be~~ for ~~saving these girls from tragedy which could very well affect their entire lives~~. ~~I'm not sure that more sex education as it is presently taught is~~ the ~~answer. Please note that I~~ said "~~as it~~ is ~~presently taught~~." ~~I'm sure all of us are aware of~~ the ~~importance of young people knowing, as we used~~ to ~~say,~~ the ~~Facts~~ of Life, but in our concern less sex education in the schools violate religious beliefs have we been teaching sex as a purely physiological function like eating when you're hungry? Can we completely divorce sex education, as I'm afraid we do, from any association with moral behavior without implanting in young minds that ~~it has no more significance than eating a sandwich? So why not? A california scholar has written an essay,~~ "~~Turning Children Into Sex Experts." The author says, quote, "The seventh grader in my city is advised~~ to ~~set for himself a purely personal standard of sexual behavior. No religious views~~, ~~no community moral standards are to deflect him from his overriding purposes~~ of ~~self-discovery, self-assertion and self-gratification~~." ~~Unquote.~~		The purpose of the change was to exempt consenting youngsters from statutory
			rape charges while strengthening protections for actual rape victims according to
			the two feminist groups who drafted the legislation. Spokespersons for the groups
			said, "A rape prosecution is too high a price to pay for adolescent sexuality."
			They also said this brought the law up to date with the sexual habits of teenagers;
			that "many parents don't know or want to admit it, but the number of sexually
			active teenagers is increasing rapidly."

	~~A judge has advocated lowering~~ the ~~age of consent to thirteen, because children are more sexually active these days~~.		In fairness let me say these spokepersons evidently were not representative
			of many in the feminist groups who were not aware they were sponsoring such a law.
			Remember it was in a 212 page bill -- Chapter 14 section 2C: 14-2.

	~~Before we accept the congressman's idea, that more sex education is an answer to teenage pregnancy, shouldn't we ask if anyone has done a comparison~~ of the ~~situation before there was such education in the schools~~ and ~~after? I've had~~ a ~~report from one district that the venereal disease rate among young people in that district went up 800 percent in the first few years after sex education became a part of~~ the ~~curriculum~~.		In fact it had slipped by many of the legislators who had voted yes and who
			now have introduced a bill to repeal the provision.

	~~Before we do more~~ of ~~what we~~'~~re doing, why don~~'t ~~we find out~~ if ~~what we~~'~~re doing is part~~ of the ~~problem~~.		But it was the parents, the clergy, the NAACP and other groups who manned the
			ramparts. One father said, "I look at my 13 year old and other youngsters and I
			just can't see that they can handle sex emotionally."

			Ironically this slipped through a legislature that is considering raising the
			drinking age from 18 to 19 or 20.

			But in all of the furor and understandable distress of parents one thing should
			warm the hearts of all of us. God bless the wisdom that often goes with youth.
			An 8th grader said, "I'm against the law. A lot of kids who didn't do it before
			are going to try it now -- it's like giving them permission. And if they get
			pregnant, who's going to marry a 13 year old?"

			A teacher held a discussion of the law in her class when the publicity about it
			had made it a subject of general conversation. "The kids said they weren't ready
			for that kind of responsibility," she reported and then added this wonderful line.
			"And they were surprised there were adults who thought they were."

			Well, as someone once said, "some people grow up and some people just grow
			older."

	This is Ronald Reagan.		This is Ronald Reagan.

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	~~We've been~~ told that ~~Human Rights is~~ the ~~very heart~~ of ~~our foreign policy. If that is true, it explains~~ the ~~inconsistency of that policy.~~		Do you remember when we were told that the increase in the divorce rate and the number of children born out of wedlock were problems sex education in the schools could solve?
	I'll be right back.		I'll be right back.

	~~By coincidence~~, ~~three situations dealing with our policy~~ on ~~Human Rights became news items~~ almost ~~simultaneously in recent weeks~~ and ~~they pointed up our government's inconsistency~~ with ~~regard~~ to ~~this subject~~. ~~In fact, it is an inconsistency that perhaps should be called hypocrisy~~.		Recently a Los Angeles newspaper editorialized about the increasing birth rate among unwed teenage mothers, calling it a personal disaster for them and their children and a social disaster for the country. The writer then confirmed his opinion by citing statistics developed in a two-year study by a task force of the House Select Committee on Population. The figures are indeed sobering, one million adolescent girls get pregnant each year and a third of them have abortions. Of the six hundred thousand who gave birth last year, almost half, two hundred and fifty thousand, were under seventeen years of age. About seventy percent of the pregnant girls do not finish high school and ninety percent of those under age 15, drop out of school.
			>>MISSING<<
			IN 1976, about half of the public funds expended for Aid to Families with Dependent Children, 4.6 billion, went to mothers who first gave birth as teenagers. Births among unwed teenagers have more than doubled since 1960 and the rate of births to girls under 15 has increased 33% in the last 10 years. 50% of unwed mothers are in their teens.

	The ~~first news item~~ was that ~~our State Department has decided that violation of Human Rights is no longer a barrier~~ to ~~normalizing relations with Castro's Cuba. We still have two other unresolved matters standing in the way: Cuba's forces in Africa and~~ a ~~lack~~ of ~~compensation for private property seized by Castro during the revolution, but the slate is clean on Human Rights,~~ because ~~a few hundred~~ of ~~Castro's thousands of political prisoners have been freed and allowed to join their families in the United States~~.		The editorial went on to support proposals by a member of Congress to increase funds to extend family planning services to more teenagers and for an extension of sex education in our schools. It was pointed out that these proposals could lead to a saving of money because so many of these teenage mothers became dependent on welfare.

	~~The second item had to do with a cutback at economic aid in Nicaragua and~~ the ~~withdrawal of American personnel~~. ~~This we~~'~~re doing because~~, ~~according~~ to the ~~State Department~~, ~~President Samosa is~~ in ~~violation of~~ our ~~standards of Human Rights. He may be~~, I ~~don~~'~~t know. I~~ do ~~know~~, ~~because~~ it's a ~~matter~~ of ~~record~~, ~~that the revolutionary forces who~~ are ~~fighting against~~ his ~~regime are Marxists for the most part~~ and ~~many were trained and armed by Castro's Cuba~~. ~~so it's one off and one on our Human Rights blacklist~~.		I've never been against saving tax dollars but I wonder if our first concern shouldn't be for saving these girls from tragedy which could very well affect their entire lives. I'm not sure that more sex education as it is presently taught is the answer. Please note that I said "as it is presently taught." I'm sure all of us are aware of the importance of young people knowing, as we used to say, the Facts of Life, but in our concern less sex education in the schools violate religious beliefs have we been teaching sex as a purely physiological function like eating when you're hungry? Can we completely divorce sex education, as I'm afraid we do, from any association with moral behavior without implanting in young minds that it has no more significance than eating a sandwich? So why not? A california scholar has written an essay, "Turning Children Into Sex Experts." The author says, quote, "The seventh grader in my city is advised to set for himself a purely personal standard of sexual behavior. No religious views, no community moral standards are to deflect him from his overriding purposes of self-discovery, self-assertion and self-gratification." Unquote.

	~~Item number three is the release of a report that~~ has been in the making for about a year and a half. It was in September 1977 that Panama invited the Organization of American States to send its Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to visit Panama and investigate what were called unfounded, unjust and irresponsible charges of violations of Human Rights. These charges had been made in the ~~discussion and debate over the Panama Canal treaties. The results~~ of that investigation have just been made public and they confirmed the charges which the government of Panama had declared were unfounded and unjust. The commission concludes that between 1968 and 1972, political activity was practically suppressed by the military regime. From '72 to ~~'77~~, ~~Panamaians were deported in violation of the constitution~~.		A judge has advocated lowering the age of consent to thirteen, because children are more sexually active these days.

	~~Restrictions were imposed on freedom~~ of ~~assembly, expression and association and~~ there was ~~interference~~ in the ~~judicial process. All of~~ that ~~is only for openers. The commission reported on torture tactics engaged~~ in ~~with~~ the ~~Panama National Guard, electric shocks to the vital and most sensitive parts~~ of the body, physical beatings of male and female prisoners usually with a hoses, the insulting fondling of female prisoners and threat of rape and long interrogation of prisoners while denying them food, water and sleep.		Before we accept the congressman's idea, that more sex education is an answer to teenage pregnancy, shouldn't we ask if anyone has done a comparison of the situation before there was such education in the schools and after? I've had a report from one district that the venereal disease rate among young people in that district went up 800 percent in the first few years after sex education became a part of the curriculum.

	The commission also reported a written statement from Leopoldo Aragon, who was a political prisoner for two years and then exiled to Sweden where he burned himself to death in a protest against our turning over the canal to Panama. Here is some of what ~~he wrote~~, "Prisoners were running like cattle under the whippings and savage cries of the guards who were hitting them clubs." In addition to this he told of prisoners being hung from tree limbs by their wrists, chaining them to thorn trees and tying them on top of ant tunnels.		Before we do more of what we're doing, why don't we find out if what we're doing is part of the problem.

	~~This October 1st~~ we ~~begin the turnover~~ of the ~~canal to Panama~~.

	This is Ronald Reagan.		This is Ronald Reagan.

	Thanks for listening.		Thanks for listening.

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