Sex Before Marriage and Multiple Sex Partners Causes Economic Stress, Unwanted Pregnancies and STDs

Fundamentally I agree that married people are less likely to engage in polygamy. But the motion was that pre-marital sex leads to the spread of STD"s and the point I was trying to make was that pre-marital sex is not the cause of the spread of STD"s, it is polygamy. Evidently there is a distinction between unintended and unwanted. However there is no evidence to statistically show how many of these births are unwanted. So anything said on this issue by either side is pure speculation. It is correct to say that the state does support parents who have unwanted children. However it is important to note that it does also support married couples who have children. The article provided by prop simply states that 48% of births are paid for by Medicaid and that roughly the same percentage of births are out of wedlock. Con suspects that a large proportion of the births paid for by Medicaid are children born into wedlock. However the higher tax rate to fund Medicaid does undoubtedly have an impact on the economy, and the larger proportion does go to unmarried parents. As stated in the previous argument, where does prop imagine this money goes? It pays doctors, nurses and supports pharmaceutical companies. Money parents receive buys food, clothing etc. and by extension supports these companies. This significantly reduces the economic impact. Furthermore the money which is taxed would not necessarily be invested into the economy and taxing it and giving it to families in need is a fantastic way of diverting excess funds back into the economy. Slightly disappointed that prop has mischaracterised my argument about the ineffectiveness about sex education. I wasn"t in the slightest claiming that people are just "embarrassed to use condoms" and prop knows that wasn"t the point I was trying to make. I shall attempt to be concise, since it is not the issue at hand, but there are huge issues with sex education in the U. S. Abstinence only programmes and contraception only programmes are still hugely popular in American high schools, despite attempts to withdraw funding and their conclusively proven ineffectiveness. There is a direct link between a comprehensive sex education and a reduction in unwanted pregnancy, students in the U. S. are 50% less likely to get pregnant if they get a comprehensive sex education (. https://www.dosomething.org...). In the Netherlands, a country praised for its comprehensive sex education, the number of people living with HIV/aids is 0.2% as compared to 0.6% for the U. S. (. http://www.alternet.org...) Furthermore the sex education students do receive is often too late, in Philadelphia 15% of students below 13 have had sex, meaning 15% of people in Philly have no sex education before having sex. (. http://www.theguardian.com...). You cannot eliminate these issues completely, however effective, comprehensive and early sex education can have a huge impact on these issues. Contraception is still not used, 18% of 15-19 year olds at risk of an unintended pregnancy do not use any form of contraception (. http://www.guttmacher.org...) at all. STD"s and unwanted pregnancies are not inherently an issue. The economic impact of these issues is what we were discussing. Of course clubs increase the spread of STD"s and the amount of unwanted pregnancies, but economically they are hugely advantageous. Prop did not refute my argument that having sex is a huge motivator for people attending clubs, and STD"s and pregnancy are risks you cannot avoid. So therefore, it is evident that sex contributes significantly to the economy and the benefits of this out weigh the economic drawbacks of STD"s and unwanted pregnancies. Furthermore to claim STD"s may lead to depression establishes a fairly tenuous link which is torn down in this article (. http://www.thebody.com...). However you have only have to look at the news recently as to what happens when people don"t have sex and it"s fairly simple logic to see that sex and the release of sexual desire improves society, improves people quality of life and reduces the number of people who are depressed. A further economic advantage that has so far been neglected in this debate is the demand for labour in the U. S. economic system. Quite frankly without people willing to take on jobs that require unskilled workers, the U. S. economy simply could not function. Who is filling these positions? A large proportion of the native workers in these unskilled positions are parents seeking to support their children. Furthermore these unwanted pregnancies contribute significantly the rise in population. As historians and economists will point out that having a population which is increasing in size is hugely economically beneficial. I feel the need to summarise my arguments to this point. STD"s do cause some economic stress, as do pregnancies as a whole. Pre-marital sex does not cause the spread of STD"s because they are not inherently monogamous. There are still a considerable amount of unintended births within wedlock Polygamy does lead to the spread of STD"s and having sex leads to unwanted pregnancies. On the note of economic stress my argument can be summarised rather simply: the economic drawbacks are so insignificant, especially when compared with the economic benefits that sex provides. It is an interesting suggestion prop offers, on reflection it is probably irrelevant to the debate what you"d do about this issue. But it"s an interesting discussion. If I"m being honest I don"t think you can stop pre-marital sex or polygamy. Personally I think they are only going to increase and I don"t think there"s anything wrong with that. So you have to embrace it. The church especially is in risk of becoming irrelevant if it maintains its view on sex. You have to improve sex education, invest in more effective contraceptives and (regardless of your opinion on it) make abortions more available. Irrespective of the debate I"m intrigued to hear props and anyone"s opinion on these issues. Thank you again.