Lauren Boebert argued that higher "teen mom rates" means there is "something special" about "rural c

[In It to Win It]

I'm gonna pretend that she makes sense sometimes...

So in recognizing that teenagers have sex and teenagers get pregnant, she doesn't want sex-ed to be taught to teenagers in school. Sex-ed is too sensitive for teenagers in schools that can have sex and can get pregnant. Interesting...

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[NewHendoLib]

1. There's certainly something "special" about her ..

[rsdsharp]

3. ..

https://m.

[Ilsa]

2. That rural girls are more likely to be raped?

Well isn't that special.

That rural girls believe boys' line claiming you can't get pregnant if it's your first time?

That rural girls & boys don't understand physiology enough to prevent pregnancy?

[Ms. Toad]

6. You're missing her distinction between teen pregnancy and teen moms

Her argument is anti-abortion, pure and simple. That "something special," in her mind, is that the teen moms in rural conservative areas don't terminate their pregnancies.

She expresssly acknowledged that pregnancy rates are the same.

[Ilsa]

9. I didn't miss it. I chose to ignore it because

rural girls don't have access to abortion, thanks to the likes of Boebert. Rural gals want abortion more in a crisis pregnancy since everyone tries to know each other's business in small towns. Who's the daddy? Is he married? Gossip gossip gossip.

[Mariana]

10. Are they the same?

[Ms. Toad]

13. Any pregnancy can have two outcomes.

Birth, or the pregnancy ends for other reasons - like abortion.

Her comments are exclusively about pregnancies which end in birth - asserting rural virtue because teens there don't end their pregnancies by getting an abortion.

So she isn't saying that more rural teens get pregnant - she is saying that teens all over get pregnang - but that more of the rural teens carry them to term (and raise their children).

Several posts down-thread seem to suggest that she is saying they are special becasue more get pregnant, when what she is really saying is that they are special because more of the pregnant rural teens give birth and keep the child.

[Mariana]

14. Are the teen pregnancy rates the same in rural and urban areas?

I don't know if they are, I wasn't able to find that information.

[Ms. Toad]

17. According to Boebert they are the same.

But that I trust her.

But that is her point - rural areas are special because they end in motherhood at a higher rate.

I'm just trying to accurately state her position, since it is being portrayed as pro-teen pregnancy, when it is really an anti-abortion rant.

[Deuxcents]

4. Just read the post where she declares she's gonna be a grandmother at 36

Precious, I guess.

[sakabatou]

5. Maybe that "something special" is a lack of comprehensive sex-ed?

[Ms. Toad]

7. Focus on the teen **mom** (or watch the video)

she isn't suggesting a difference in pregnancies. She is suggesting a difference in the outcome of teen pregnancies.

[Ms. Toad]

8. This is an anti-choice rant.

She believes pregnancy rates are the same all over, but that there are fewer abortions in rural areas.

[lanlady]

15. That's how I understood it too

I wonder if the young dad-to-be owns up to his responsibility to care for his child. But being a Boebert, I doubt he even knows the meaning of the word.

[Takket]

11. at least he didn't knock up his sister. that's an improvement

or... did he? do we know who the mom is?

[bullwinkle428]

12. Don't forget the racial angle, as she's clearly saying that it's awesome

when white girls crank out babies right and left. Straight to the "great replacement theory" shit.

[Johonny]

16. They're about to make it more special

when they cut Obamacare and food stamps