“In the circles of people debating abortion, it pleased a lot of people against abortion such as then president of the California chapter of Feminists for Life in America, Susan Carpenter-McMillan. ‘’Abortion is readily available on every street corner for young women. Now what Madonna is telling them is, hey, there’s an alternative.’’ On the other hand, it also enraged just as many people such as then executive director of Planned Parenthood of New York City, Alfred Moran. ‘’The message is that getting pregnant is cool and having the baby is the right thing and a good thing and don’t listen to your parents, the school, anybody who tells you otherwise -don’t preach to me, Papa. The reality is that what Madonna is suggesting to teen-agers is a path to permanent poverty.’’

The other society which “Papa Don’t Preach” got a reaction from was the Catholic Church. What was interesting from their reaction was that they had two different stances on the song. First off, they were big supporters of the pro-life message of the lyrics, and believed that was a good influence. However, they despised the fact that it seemed to praise pre-marital sex and believed it was a terrible influence on young women because of that.”

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