Author Topic: Is Your 11 Year Old On Birth Control? (Read 2832 times)

rpm · « **on:** October 19, 2007, 01:11:58 PM »

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At the King Middle School in Portland, Maine, medical workers are allowed to give the girls as young as 11 birth control pills without their parents knowing about it.

The school board in Portland voted 7-2 to make that happen. The rationale is that some kids will have sex and the school must try to reduce pregnancies.

Yeager · « **Reply #1 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:20:22 PM »

From what I understand it is illegal in Maine for minors to engage in sexual intercourse with each other, and its illegal for adults to engage in sexual intercourse with minors, but if minors do have sexual intercourse, they get state funded birth control. I guess if the birth control was provided on the way to court I could understand.........otherwise its just another example of state mandated hypocracy.

Now get out there kids and SCREW!....oh...and dont forget your birth control

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:22:58 PM »

I hate Bill O'Reilly more than my alarm clock, but I agree with him on this issue.

john9001 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:40:04 PM »

i'm against that, we need more pregnant 11 year olds.

Eagler · « **Reply #4 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:42:01 PM »

just another success story for our stellar public school system

and some of you are against vouchers why?

Airscrew · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:42:03 PM »

Besides just the age issue and parental control they dont seem to have considered there are medical contraindications for using birth control pills. My wife cannot use BCP because a blood clotting issue and BCP would kill her, my daughter cannot take BCP because she already has a hormone imbalance that BCP would aggravate. Also isnt a prescription required for birth control pills?

SaburoS · « **Reply #6 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:43:47 PM »

Unfortunately, there are kids having babies. Giving them access to birth control pills (or condoms, etc) will not 'promote' sexual activity. Those kids that are going to have sex are going to do so with or without permission or protection.
The adults dispensing the pills usually will give the kids a talk about the risks and downsides of getting sexually active at such an early age.

Eagler · « **Reply #7 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:45:39 PM »

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Originally posted by SaburoS
Unfortunately, there are kids having babies. Giving them access to birth control pills (or condoms, etc) will not 'promote' sexual activity. Those kids that are going to have sex are going to do so with or without permission or protection.
The adults dispensing the pills usually will give the kids a talk about the risks and downsides of getting sexually active at such an early age.

do you have your 11 year old on birth control?

SaburoS · « **Reply #8 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:52:36 PM »

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Originally posted by Eagler
just another success story for our stellar public school system

and some of you are against vouchers why?

Private schools are not free of kids having sex. You're deluding yourself if you think so.
Vouchers are another form of socialism.
How about we try to improve the public school system instead?
Teacher's salaries, class sizes, curriculum, newer and updated textbooks, etc.

ChickenHawk · « **Reply #9 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:53:43 PM »

Contrary to popular belief, the pill is not safe for everyone. There is a genetic disorder on my wife’s side of the family that makes taking the pill dangerous and in some cases fatal. If they gave my daughter the pill at school, it could very well kill her.

Not only is this a stupid idea, it irresponsible and dangerous.

Edit: Just saw your post Airscrew. My wife and daughter have the same thing. We only found out about it after my wife had a stroke. We were very fortunate it was only a TIA and that she was able to regain her former mobility and mental function, but there is no way in heck I'm going to go though that again with my daughter. I wonder how many deaths this new pill fad is going to cause.

SaburoS · « **Reply #10 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:54:35 PM »

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Originally posted by Eagler
do you have your 11 year old on birth control?

If yours was sexually active, would you ban her from any protection?

Eagler · « **Reply #11 on:** October 19, 2007, 01:58:02 PM »

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Originally posted by SaburoS
Private schools are not free of kids having sex. You're deluding yourself if you think so.
Vouchers are another form of socialism.
How about we try to improve the public school system instead?
Teacher's salaries, class sizes, curriculum, newer and updated textbooks, etc.

because we have for years and it continues to get worse .. when do you stop throwing money at the problem and look for another solution?

to me to not allow any other choice is socialism. You do not have to use the voucher, it is an option - an option the dems and the bloated public school system does not want you to have.

Eagler · « **Reply #12 on:** October 19, 2007, 02:02:25 PM »

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Originally posted by SaburoS
If yours was sexually active, would you ban her from any protection?

it would be called a convent

I find it sick to imagine an 11 year old engaging in sex acts of any kind - maybe that is why it is against the law. To offer the pill does nothing towards education on why NOT to do it, just clears the way as it removes the consequences.

If you look up the school, it looks like a real winner .. program looks like it will fit like a glove there.

SaburoS · « **Reply #13 on:** October 19, 2007, 02:03:50 PM »

That's the trouble is that we 'throw' money at problems without looking into a real solution.
Vouchers are not a solution. The better private schools will get huge class sizes as well as getting more problems. They are not designed to handle the influx of all those students transferring into their schools.
That will create a bigger problem that will bring the private schools down.
Might as well address the public school issue and fix it.
You have any answers that you see will fix the public school issues?

Eagler · « **Reply #14 on:** October 19, 2007, 02:08:18 PM »

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Originally posted by SaburoS
That's the trouble is that we 'throw' money at problems without looking into a real solution.
Vouchers are not a solution. The better private schools will get huge class sizes as well as getting more problems. They are not designed to handle the influx of all those students transferring into their schools.
That will create a bigger problem that will bring the private schools down.
Might as well address the public school issue and fix it.
You have any answers that you see will fix the public school issues?

Yes, make them as efficient as the average private school. Remove the bloated admin/political layers which waste the money that should go to the student.

The public school system is at the heart of this country's problem. If you don't see that, you must not have any kids that are in it or have gone through it. I have two. I have seen it first hand. You?