MTV Acknowledges the Option of Abortion

One of the most popular reality shows is MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” which instigated the spinoff show, “Teen Mom”. The sad thing about these shows that teenagers find so entertaining is that it only shows one side of the whole story, only one option. Last week, MTV aired a new spinoff that shows another, viable option for unexpected pregnancies called “No Easy Decision”. The episode followed the story of Markai and James, a teenage couple who decide that abortion is the best decision for them.

Markai and James were previously stars on “16 and Pregnant” through their pregnancy with their first child. The show revealed how difficult raising a child is, especially when young and faced with other hardships such as trying to graduate from high school and make a living to support your new family. When Markai becomes pregnant for the second time she and James come to the conclusion that abortion is in the best interest for the whole family financially and emotionally.

As explained in “No Easy Decision”, there are three options when faced with an unexpected pregnancy: becoming a parent, adoption, or abortion. All three choices are no easy decisions. As Markai says in the episode, either decision she makes there will be a “what if”. The most powerful thing you can hold onto is your freedom of choice, so that you can make the right decision for YOU.

Watch “No Easy Decision” from MTV.com

No Easy Decision - MTV Shows

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Anti Choice Pseudoscience

On Monday, there was an article in the Washington Post about a new study that disputes the link between abortion and mental health. It has long been the agenda of anti choice advocates to dissuade pregnant women from seeking abortion by providing so called “medical” advice. One such “medical” scare tactic is Post Abortion Syndrome. Sounds fancy, right? Post abortion syndrome has yet to be scientifically proven as an actual medical condition and is not acknowledged by any professional medical or psychological organization. Anti choice advocates define post abortion syndrome as a form of posttraumatic stress caused by the guilt of having an abortion. In the Washington Post article, Study disputes link between abortion and mental health problems, Rob Stein writes about how a new study based on the same statistics and data used by anti choice advocates to “prove” post abortion syndrome, shows no casual correlation between abortion and mental health. In other studies, abortion has been found to make many women feel relieved, quite contrary to the reports of anti choice supporters. This does not go to say that abortion does not negatively affect some women, but carrying to term a pregnancy can also negatively affect some women. Stress is caused by any change in a person’s life and is not limited to abortion but to any aspect of a pregnancy and therefore medically accurate information and not a series of pseudoscience is important for every woman to make an informed decision. While it is the anti choice agenda to dissuade abortions by any means, it is the pro choice agenda to provide medically accurate information and let the woman choose.

Nevada County high school students! It's your legal right to have medically accurate HIV/AIDS information!

A group of Boston-area teens are pushing the city school department to provide access to condoms and comprehensive sex ed in all high schools.

What about you? In California it's a law that HIV/AIDS classes must be taught twice, once in junior high and once in high school. And those classes MUST be medically-accurate, and MUST provide local sources where students can get condoms, tested, and counseling. And if the schools teach sex ed, it must also be medically accurate.

How does your high school add up? Not too well in the past...read about Citizens for Choice's effort to ensure that you do get medically accurate sex ed.

And then demand medically accurate sex ed!