Once these 11 year old girl get a 21 or 28 day pack, there are consequences if they miss even one day. They loose protection for over a week. Therefore the BCP is giving them a sense of protection but puts them at risk without 100% compliance of following the recommended proceedure to take the pill.
There are potential complications for taking combination estrogen/progesterone BCP. There is an increase in thrombosis and deep veinous thrombosis and therefore pulmonary embolus, an increase in heart attacks, increase in stroke. Estrogen tends to close the epiphyseal growth plates of long bones earlier, so the childrenss' anatomy may be adversely affected. The incidence of liver cancer is increased. If the child becomes pregnant and does not realize it during the organogenic phase of developement (1st 12 weeks) taking these hormones will have an adverse affect on the developing baby. Oral contraceptives increase the risk of hypertension, heart attack, elevated cholesterol and triglycerides, gallstones, migraines, and many other potential complications.
These are some of the reasons why physicians are the proper people to administer these drugs and require a followup with the patients.
Who is going to be held legally liable for informed consent from an 11 year old. When one of these kids die from one or another complication who is going to be sued? Will these school board? Will the nurse who is in charge of handing the drugs to these children. When an 11 year old fails to take the drugs and gets pregnant, and has dystocia (small pelvic outlet) and has to have a C-section to deliver a baby, who is going to be held liable. When these kids are 28 and finally understand that these drugs resulted in sterility (for many reasons) as a result of taking these BCP who is going to pay for that? I have not heard anyone on TV or in the MSM carefully examine these very real potential problem of giving hormones to females with "developing and maturing reproductive systems".
This is one of the most irresponsible things I can think of for a School Board to do. They are not qualified to make a determination about how, and to whom, controlled substances should be subscribed.
Better get your kids out of those school systems....they are experimenting on those kids and where that will lead is anyones guess. Ask yourself....would you (a grown woman) or (husband of a wife) go to a nurse who works in a school system for your medical care? Does that make sense. The school nurse has been historically used to clean scrapes, look at a child and decide he needs to go home, or go to the doctor. This plan will lead to many difficulties, and the children unaware will pay the price. This decision will result in the death of someone.
Perhaps the firestorm that this school district decision has created will bring some good ... and parents will become more involved, talk to their kids, etc. The mixed message this edict sends is wrong and to an already confused, rebellious teen, deplorable.