Thanks for the link. I'm glad to see Nic stepping out like this, and I think it's wise of Nate to use this to push him to come out of his shell a little more.
Everytime I read about Batum's father dying on the court when he was 2, I feel so grateful to have both my parents. It's also nice to see a celebrity start a charity that doesn't involve a family member having the problem.
Quick needs to stop coming on here and stealing my posts! http://sportstwo.com/threads/180664...h-681-000-Viewer-Average-for-Blazers-vs.-Heat
It's good, of course. But I'd also like to see some access to family planning for these women. I mean, did they even have the option of not becoming pregnant?
HCP, you should tell Batum to contact the great finger-wagger himself for assistance/advice. Dre or Camby should know Mutombo well enough to bring a connection, and that sounds right up his alley of charities.
I feel like this is a trick question... Is celibacy not an option? Of course they should have more options, but you asked if they had the option of not becoming pregnant, and they did. Just not the good ones.
Celibacy and Male Contraception as options assume a certain balance of power, specifically the power of women to refuse to have sex with men without fear of violent or societal reprisal. This balance does not exist in most of Africa in any way, shape, or form.
The perfect is the enemy of the good. -- Voltaire Batum is a basketball player, he wants to help, that's great. Anything over that is just too much to ask from his foundation, honestly.
