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December 18, 1988 - Image 4

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Michigan Citizen, 1988-12-18

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OPINION/ COMMENTARY/ LETTERS/ EDITORIALS

million ires. The upport of
these educational I institutions
SbOUid be a t concern
the entire nation, partiaalar­
Iy to the oommunity that these
. . tions primarily serve.
Thus, e join ith Dr.
Jolmnetta Cole, the president of
Spelman College, in aying,'
-n.ant you, Bill and Camille
Cosby." We salute yo for y;
00Il· uiDg efforts in of
the empo erment of the
African American oommunity
ddIllCUlties. In f ct, this ould and other oppres ed com- .,
be a re pon ibility for all munities. The ca of justice
A&icaD Americans, not just aDd &eedom is greatly served by
are fortunate to be your oommitmenl
ter.
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Of!
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W1�.
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I
, i eir
da't decided ere my
life eadiDg. .. Then, all of
a sudde - ere, before I had
myself figured out, I've g a kid
to figure out! And before I could
really be responsib e for myself,
rmr� for��,
Many of the young 'WOmen
wish that they had taken better
control over decisions they
made about sex:
. . .I listened to what my
boyfriend id, .. he asked me
not to e birth control pills!
Next. . . if I had it to do over
again, I'd tell him to go fly ante,
I'm not going to get pregnan .
" ... One thing I wish I would
have done i to get to know him
better ... I mean get to know him
inside and outsi and know
what he thinks and feels. And
then - birth eontroll"
Many, iIe proud of their
effort to be good mothers,
mourn the carefree teenage
years they gave up:
� -sixteen years old, and you've
got your ole life ahead of you!
You know - you miss out on the
parties, the proms, the football ,
games." "Once in long hile I
feel .. oh, by did I get preg­
nant".l'm still young, you know!
But I'm reallv haDDV with her ...
it's hard, it really' hard - espe­
cially wnen you're young ... "
To order a copy of The One
Girl in Ten, send 10.95 to Child
We If are League of America,
CN9�, :;�I\ Rarit n Center
Par , &-..:!'., .18b�.
MariQII Wright Edelmllll is
President of the Children's
De/tnu Fund, II nlltiotull Voice
for chiJdIm.

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