[SoKatt]

So, the school needs a parent’s permission to give a child an aspirin, but the kid can get birth control without a parent being notified. Makes perfect sense. *shaking head in disgust*

[TornadoAlley3]

Pre-teens having pelvic exams done in school. When do they start giving abortions in school?

[goodnesswins]

Yeah....and forget that cough medicine......but, birth control is OKEY DOKEY....the (dishonorable) boys/men will LOVE IT!

[khnyny]

An adult woman needs to see a Doctor and get a prescription for the types of birth control described in this article, but an eleven year old girl can just beebop into the school nurse’s office with no parental notification?

The “state” is usurping parental rights and control over their own children inch by inch. IMHO, this is a very serious issue on several levels. Off the top of my head:

1. Health implications for young girls’ bodies

2. Sex with a minor is ILLEGAL (the age of consent in Maine is 16)

3. Usurping of parental rights

[wintertime]

The Portland school board on Wednesday approved a measure allowing middle-school students to gain access to prescription birth control medications without notifying parents. (from the article)
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Hm?.....a 7th grader is mature enough to handle the responsibility of birth control pills,,,OR,,,choose an abortionists when she fails to be consistent with the pills....

BUT,,,,Her parents are supposedly too stupid to be able to use a school voucher.

Whoa! What a Brave New World we live in!