podgerodge
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Those Think Contraception TV ads seem to be on every ad break tonight - how much money is being spent on this crap? They are run by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency - another bloody quango - who spend money coming out with statements, and I quote, like:
"Large-scale research commissioned by the Agency, has shown that among 18 – 25 year olds, 26% did not report consistent use of contraception in the last year"
Wow, I'm bowled over.
I visited the website - more money spent on that. I can see them all self-congratulating themselves over their good work.
According to their 2007 report "In 2007, the Agency made great strides in the area of
improving knowledge about relationships and sexuality among adolescents through home-, school and community-based education."
So, did crisis pregnancies drop in 2007? If they made "great strides" I assume so? But no figures here to back it up...
"In 2007, the ‘Think Contraception’ website received 58,646 visits." 'Visits' not defined of course. I cynically think of 55,000 bots from North America.
"Research undertaken in December 2007 found that 75% of the target audience was aware of the ‘Think Contraception’ campaign and its message, “No matter where or when,
Think Contraception”. 77% agreed that the ‘Think Contraception’ campaign makes people more likely to think about or plan for the use of contraception."
Great then. The problem of unwanted pregnancy must be nearly solved by now.
Sorry, just think the whole thing is a waste of taxpayers money. (excl support given to people with crisis pregnancies)
"Large-scale research commissioned by the Agency, has shown that among 18 – 25 year olds, 26% did not report consistent use of contraception in the last year"
Wow, I'm bowled over.
I visited the website - more money spent on that. I can see them all self-congratulating themselves over their good work.
According to their 2007 report "In 2007, the Agency made great strides in the area of
improving knowledge about relationships and sexuality among adolescents through home-, school and community-based education."
So, did crisis pregnancies drop in 2007? If they made "great strides" I assume so? But no figures here to back it up...
"In 2007, the ‘Think Contraception’ website received 58,646 visits." 'Visits' not defined of course. I cynically think of 55,000 bots from North America.
"Research undertaken in December 2007 found that 75% of the target audience was aware of the ‘Think Contraception’ campaign and its message, “No matter where or when,
Think Contraception”. 77% agreed that the ‘Think Contraception’ campaign makes people more likely to think about or plan for the use of contraception."
Great then. The problem of unwanted pregnancy must be nearly solved by now.
Sorry, just think the whole thing is a waste of taxpayers money. (excl support given to people with crisis pregnancies)