If children have the ability to reproduce starting at age eleven, then why do we begin to teach our children about abortion after they have already had sex-education. In high school it is a requirement to take seven semesters of physical education and one semester of sex-education. In my elementary school I learned about sex in sixth grade in the month of May, which is just two month away from summer time. Why did I learn about sex after I began having feelings, and needs that I could not understand or even explain.

      To solve abortion we must take the approach that children about the age of ten and on will begin to have feelings for the opposite sex, and will begin to experiment different things to try to find some understanding for these feelings. There needs to be curriculum for children of this age that will introduce them to this subject at the same time that they are beginning to have these feelings. It needs to be something that is focused and where young males and females can sit in the same room to view the video, or presentation. This has to also be accompanied by having a sit down day for parents with their children where parents speak to their children about sex and abortion. Children that learn about this issue and other will be better prepared when they get older, and fewer deaths may occur. A better informed youth brings about a wiser decision for the future.

      The solution to abortion does not begin and end with ten year old children, but extends to high school aged youth. Teachings of abortion should also be a requirement in high school. If anything it should be a requirement to take one semester of abortion-education and one semester of sex-education. This requirement is something that is needed for today's youth, but our more informed youth can later change it as they see fit.

      This solution of course leaves out the current issue of abortion and does not exactly find a solution for the current times, but no all problems can have an immediate solution. Some problems must be solved within time. There is one clich� that still holds true even in today's world, "Knowledge is power." To give the youth the knowledge we are giving them control over their own destiny.