Birth control for 11-13 year olds?

Question

What are your thoughts about the middle school that approved to have the pill prescribed to 11-13 year old girls if they desire? When is school going to be school and not social conditioning. What are your thoughts. A interesting piece of backround is 5 out of 500 in that age group were sexually active and the board stated those 5 need to be represented. This seems like an intentional plan to set into action something that doesnt really need to be in place at this age. Thoughts on this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/us/18portland.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Answer 1

WHAT THE **** IS GOING IN THIS WORLD!?!? That is my initial thought. This world is becoming so messed up its just unbelievable. Girls not even in their teens having sex? Todays world is a sad, sad, horrible place. Todays economy thrives on sex and I am totally against it. I was born in the wrong era.

Answer 2

As an older woman, mother and grandmother, I think that if the girls are getting pregnant then offering birth control is the logical thing to do so you don't have 14 year old mothers. You aren't encouraging the kids to have sex, they are already doing that without the knowledge or safe trustworthy information they need to keep themselves healthy. Pregnancy is not a punishment for sex. Such young children don't realize that they can get pregnant, many of them do things based on faulty information and ignorance. Offering boys condoms and girls pills when they are already sexually active is simply sensible, condoms and pills are far too pharmaceutical to be a aphrodisiac. Parents work and leave their kids home and if they don't they know someone who does, or there is the woods or behind the bleachers, or under the bridge or a car. There is no way to keep guard over your kids 24/7. Sometimes kids who are raised 'very strictly' rebel very strenuously and its not a cure all. On the other hand even if a child is not going to use the scientific information about birth control and sexual urges, they will have accurate information when they do need it, and that's important too, at any age.

Answer 3

Almost 90% or perhaps more start some type of sexual activity at middle school age in all cultures. Either they are free or religious. It is appropriate to help the youngsters and guide them at this age. If people will accept this or hypocritically deny it, it is a living fact. America is far advanced I have seen this in Asian countries that middle schoolers were involved or activated for sex in some or other way. Even the gentest was found having interest. So it is really okay and perhaps necessary.

Parents are generally unaware of their children going to sexual activity or taking interest therin. Friends and outsiders mostly know. So if this control is generally adopted all will benefit.

Well done you intelligent education planners. This is the reason for your progress in the world.

Answer 4

It's Maine dear. No doubt a move to get some federal and state funds into the school system. A heck of a way to do it but things are not very rosy and plentiful these days in Maine schools. It made national news and no doubt the Chinese are reading about it too. When in doubt, shout out and put your kids on the line and people will take notice. Just a cry for help is all.

Answer 5

I think it is very sad and is totally inappropriate. If parents would become involved with their children's lives, this country would be better off.

I very highly doubt that a school nurse would be in a position to prescribe birth control pills to regulate a child's periods.
Only a doctor would do that.

I am a teacher, and we would LOVE fo school to "be school."
However, so many parents won't be parents that it's getting to the place where we often have to do that as well as teach.

I've bought clothes for kids who didn't have much. I've bought food for kids whose parents spend all their money on drugs.
Many parents won't ever come to school to even see how their children are doing.

Answer 6

Where are the parents of these kids? My god. Listen to me, all you kids that visit this website... Don't be in such a rush to grow up. Enjoy being a kid as long as you can. Once it's gone, it's gone for good. You can never be a kid again. Why are you having sex at 11? Hell, why are you even having sex before you're done with high school? Get an education first before you end up on welfare because you had to drop out of school to take care of your baby and you're getting no child support cause yo "baby daddy" is in prison. Quit trying to grow up so fast! Oh... and to answer your question, ABSOLUTELY NOT! Parents need to start taking some responsibility for how their kids are raised.

Answer 7

My daughter is almost 11 and HEAVEN HELP THE SCHOOL WHO THINKS THEY CAN PROVIDE BIRTH CONTROL CONTRARY TO MY WISHES (caps for emphasis.).

That is an issue dealt with between parents and child. If you have not taken the responsibility of teaching your child about sexuality and all the things pertaining to it then YOU are the one who needs to get your kids on birth control. This is an issue for parents NOT schoold.

There are more important things to worry about...Like why 11-13's are having sex in the first place (lack of parental involvement in my opinion).

Answer 8

I don't think that kind of thing belongs in school.

Should 11-13 year olds be able to obtain birth control and/or condoms if they desire it? Sadly, yes, because the alternative is much worse. But it doesn't belong at school.

That's what crisis pregnancy centers and Planned Parenthood are for.

Answer 9

This is an issue that really concerns me. When my daughter, who now is in high school, was in middle school, I sent some cough drops with her to school. I got a letter from the nurse stating that she cannot bring them to school, without a drs. and parents ok. However a student at that time could go to the nurses office and they could send her to an abortion clinic without my knowing about it- and now dispensing birth control pills. Some people will say that it is better to do this, then the girl get pregnant, and then get an abortion. Well, abortions are absolutely wrong, however, giving birth control pills is saying that sex in mid school is ok. IT is not ok.

EDIT- for alucarde8- do you really think that girls would go to a school nurse to get bc pills for regulating periods? She would not hide this from her parents.

Answer 10

do NOT send your children to government indoctrination camps, also known as public schools. Gov't. can't even run the post office [an actual duty listed in the constitution] or Amtrak without losing money. Why would you want a bunch of union government losers to have control of your children?

Answer 11

It honestly disgusts me! why are they teaching these things to our youth's? when I was a kid 10,000 years ago, sex education was not taught until your high school years. kids are not supposed to be into sex at that age, they should be playing, learning, making friends, and learning about life in general. sex education will come soon enough in their lives. it scares me to think that this is really going on. whats next? abortion clinic's for 10 year olds? jeez, gimme a break. I wish I had the power to stop it. the parents sure do! and it seems they should rize-up to the occasion and protest till their throats are sore. they have the power to stop this nonsense, but obviously, they seem to think it's okay. Not all parents mind you, but enough to keep the rest quite. Like I said, I am disgusted by this whole mess. Take Care and God Bless To You And Yours. 1st. Sgt., 7th Special Forces, (Ret.) Vietnam, "67"-"70"