When I see arguments like these, I just go back to my childhood and my experience.  I can only speak for myself as a heterosexual male growing up years ago.

 

I was taught "sex Ed" early on in school (I want to say 5th grade).  We were basically taught the differences between "male hardware" and "female hardware" and how that hardware was used to make a baby.  Nowadays it's taught that even if little Jimmy has male hardware, it's "OK" for him to think that he is a girl.  It's "OK" for little Jimmy to insert his hardware into another male's rectum or other orifice.  After all, it's not about science and procreation, it's all about how the little dumplings "feel" and what feels good to them.

 

Abstinence was also not only taught in school, but also in the church that my family attended and most importantly in the home.  I still remember having "the talk" with my father when I reached puberty and I remember being taught abstinence as well as safe sex practices in health class in school (9th grade if I remember right).  The key thing taught was "safe sex" precisely to prevent unwanted pregnancy.  Now "safe sex" is taught to prevent STD's rather then pregnancy.  It has nothing to do with procreation and everything to do with lifestyle.

 

As a young adolescent first experiencing sex, I was able to get a hold of protection not only for myself, but also for my female partners.  The big risk back then was getting a girl pregnant and I remember that if a high school girl got pregnant back then it was a stigma.  Today we have nurseries and daycare for high school aged mothers.

 

Abortion used to be very frowned upon unless it had to do with risk to the mother or other circumstances.  The problem that I have with abortion now is that it seems in far too many cases it's being used as a form of birth control.

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