Middle School to dispense BIRTH CONTROL!

PLanned Parenthood does the same thing, there are also programs out there through PP that do. I understand the meaning behind it but we need to teach our kids about sex and the reasons why they should wait tillthey are mature enough to have sex. Also my opinion on this is, OK we stop teen pregnancy, BUT, what about STD'S? What about HPV? These kids are going to think they are not going to get pregnant but what about diseases?? We cram teenage pregnancy down thier throats but we need to educate hard and fast on diseases. I bill OBGYN and I see it all the time and it makes me sick. We had this dicussion at work the other day too.

Oh HELL No!

Schools educate. Doctor's medicate. See how simple that is?

I dont agree with it either!

Gosh, at 11 I was still playing with Barbie's!

Liz I agree it needs to be done at home. But the problem is, it isnt being done.

It's not being done at home like it should be. The school is already giving out condoms.

I agree that it's no different then going to PP where you can get it without parental knowledge.

It was approved last night, only 12 protesters showed up so the community must not have cared.

I don't think it's the school's responsibility at all... they should be educating not dispensing birth control!!!

I don't want my child having sex at such a young age and I will educate her and talk to her about how important it is for her to wait. HOWEVER, I understand and am OK with a school having condoms available. I am NOT ok with them dispensing birth control. No one has the right to go above me on what goes INTO my daughter's body. When she is old enough to make an informed and mature decision I will listen to her opinion on the matter BUT it will still be my decision and I know that at 11 years old she is NOT mature enough.

How would you stop her from going to PP? I guess I don't see the difference. It's not like the school is the only place you can get it without a parent knowing. If it was then I might feel different.

that is just wrong !!! it is my JOB to teach my child about BC !! NOT THE SCHOOL... where do you draw the line ?

i forgot something it s like the school is telling these kids that it is ok to have sex at a young age as long as you use BC you'll be ok ..there is too much nasty stuff out there !!

What about the families that AREN'T teaching their kids? Where are those kids supposed to go? Honestly if your family is doing the right things your kid probably isn't the one asking for birth control at 11, 16 maybe still but not 11.

some parents want to live in a land of make believe and think there kids arte never going to do that but hey we where all young at one time !!! i understand they will end up doing it hopefully not at 11 !!! i will teach my kids not to have sex until they are older or married whatever ... 11 is tooo young to be on BC IMO!!! like they are going to remember too take there pill i know at 19 i forgot alot !! lol its not the school's job to hand out BC you need to go to ur doc OBGYN TO GET THE RIGHT STUFF FOR YOUR BODY !!!!!!

MEL i grew up LDS and i couldn't talk to my mom about these kinds of things yeah right !! that also goes to my mom living in a land of make believe kwim ..some parents just don't have morals i guess and they think that it is ok !! i don't know ...

So you're saying you got no sex ed right?

That's the point I'm making is that a lot of parents aren't doing the education they can/should at home. I'm not saying all kids who don't get sex ed at home are having sex but some of them are.

At 11 years old, Haley is not old enough to be seen at PP without parental consent.

i got sex ed !!!!!!! everyone gets it !!i just couldn't talk to my mom about these kinds of things.. its the parents job to take there kids to the OBGYN NOT THE SCHOOL !! sorry about the kids who parents don't do there job but it is still not the schools place to hand out BC .....like i said before you really need to go to the doc or obgyn to get the right stuff for your body ... what happens if the kid breaks out from a reaction ?? than you'll have one more huge lawsuit !!!

This is simply more of the parenting being taken away from the parents. The good thing is that the parents must sign a consent to be seen (for any reason) by the school clinic. Quite simply, I just wouldn't sign the consent. I bet if you had to have an aspirin at that school, the nurse would have to call home, just not for BC. It is really a shame what a nanny state our country is becoming. This all came from 5-6 kids at the school admitting they were sexually active. So for those few, now they want the ability to allow BC for everyone. Maybe some kids were abstaining because they were afraid of pregnancy. Well, no reason to abstain now!

I just wanted to add, I thought sex with a minor was against the law. Age of consent in Maine is SIXTEEN. (I love Google ) So how can they dispense this BC to 11 year olds???

Devil's advocate here :

How can they dispense condoms then either?

What about an 11 year old that has period issues already? There are lots of younger girls getting their period at that age. I mean ya should probably talk to your mom about that too but it's not ALWAYS for birth control.

think about it you start taking these pills early in life i bet ya these "girls" will have more problems getting preggos .... giving them BC at such a young age may have some kind of effect on them ... still know one knows JMO.. THEY SHOULDN'T BE HANDING OUT CONDOMS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL EITHER ...they didn't hand those out til high school..YES we live in a different time and kids are doing things earlier but why are we telling them its ok ?? they should do more about spreading different things around .. i'm sorry but if you hand a child casue thats what they are birth control you will have more problems ...

mel,

did you have a bad period when you where that age ? i know mine was heavy sometimes but I PUT UP WITH IT...they should too ... my doc didn't put me on the pill cause my period was bad ..i'm sorry but i don't agree with it ...

BC for period issues is something that definitely needs to be discussed with your doctor. I do not feel that it is safe to be getting medical treatment from more than one source unless all information is completely shared.

As the mom of a 12 year old girl, I check with Sam about her AF all the time. If she needed to be put on BC for cycle control I would be the one to make that decision. Isnt that like the school putting your kid on meds for hyper control?? I think the school district did it for preg protection and to bring cycle control into it is off topic. Has nothing to do with it.

As a matter of fact I did. Not just heavy but so bad that I couldn't get out of bed. That I vomitted the pain was so bad. But that's not really the topic is it?


I think that you ladies are missing the point I'm trying to make that not everyone has involved parents. We're not talking about OUR kids I'm talking about kids who's parents don't give a rat's butt about them, that aren't there to talk to.

I realize I'm usually the odd ball around here and that I'm more liberal about most things but if you stop and read what I've said you'll see that several times I've talked about it for the kids who don't have good parents. Where are those kids supposed to go? who are they supposed to talk to? They don't have anyone and if the options are ONLY: take birth control and have sex, or have sex without it I'd rather they got SOMETHING along with education then nothing.

If you go and look at my origina;l response you will see that was also my view point on the subject but I think you tend to use other off topic things to back up your point instead of replying to the points the opposing view point makes.

If you can tell me where i didn't respond I'd be happy to.

I like to consider all angles of the topic as well, which is why I asked about BC for other uses as well since there are legitimate ones. I also said that for those you SHOULD be seeing your doctor but I also think not everyone is getting to the doctor.

Like it's been mentioned before, Planned Parenthood provides the same thing for those teens who's parents' don't give a care. I'm glad those resources exist and know plenty of people (ncluding myself as a teen) who have used them. I will not go back on my stand that I don't believe schools should be able to prescribe medicine for my child.

I have tried to stay away but have to say that I think schools giving out ANY kind of birth control is WRONG. What kind of counseling is this school going to give along with the pills and condoms they are going to be handing out? Why don't they try teaching abstinence and letting kids know what the consequences of sex are? I get so tired of hearing that kids are going to do it anyway. They do because it is thrown in their face on the shows and movies they watch, video games they play. Sex is glamorized and then they have the schools teaching them safe sex instead of no sex and then handing them pills and condoms which only tell them it's okay.

Not every kid has good parenting so why doesn't the school step up and do what the parents should be doing instead of giving them birth control and condoms. Teach them that sex leads to pregnancy and disesases. Let them know that underage sex isn't going to be okayed by the school giving them birth control and condoms.

Heck, we're being told as parents we can't medicate our own children with OTC medicines but the schools are going to medicate them with hormones - WITHOUT our consent or knowledge! What's next - morning after pill?

TOTALLY AGREE!

Okay... here's my point...
Little Amelia doesn't want her Mom to know that she's thinking about having sex with Ted. So she goes to the school clinic and gets put on the pill.
A few weeks later Amelia isn't well so Mom takes her to the doctor. Doc prescribes antibiotics, but no one knows she is on the pill. She doesn't get told that the new med, keeps the pill from working. So a month later little Amelia is pregnant... but still taking the pill, because after all you can't get pregnant on the pill. Mom doesn't realize she is pregnant because she doesn't even know that her daughter is having sex...
7 months later Amelia gives birth to a premature baby with birth defects... all because she got the pill without her Mom knowing at an age, where she was too young to even realize what she was doing....

I absolutely guarantee you that in the above scenario the school would be getting sued to hell and gone. Not to mention the fact that you would have to deal with an emotionally damaged 12 year old... and the baby, who more than likely wouldn't make it.
It is not okay for a SCHOOL to give out medication. Condoms, I still have a problem with, but it isn't a chemical being put into a childs body. Your Doctors need to know what meds you are taking in order to treat and educate you properly. If Amelia couldn't go to Mom to ask about the pill, she sure isn't going to tell the Doc when she is sick that she is on it.

Planned Parenthood is different because they have age limits!