Comments on: Maine School Defends Birth Control Program

Decision To Provide The Pill To Students As Young At 11 Sparks Controversy, Outrage

[comment1-2009]

I''ve seen it first hand. A family 2 doors down from us, had an 11 year old daughter, that had a crush on a high-school boy. Rather than being concerned, they were in complete denial.
They thought it was nice that she spent time with her brother and his ''friend'', and cute that she ''thought he was awesome''.
When she became pregnant, it became clear that their belief that she was ''too young to be interested in ***'' was just their wishful thinking.
Today, there is so much information about *** available on the internet, on TV, and in the print media, that the kids know more about *** at 10, than we did at 21.
It''s better to have a source of protection available, than to have the ''pleasant world of denial'' shattered by the ugly reality of pregnancy, disease, or juvenial bad judgement.

[tcoleman12]

That is a weak argument Sold...you know as well as everyone else that Olimpia Snow is no Republican.

[michellem99-2009]

soldat44, I am aware there are churchy parents and they won''t teach the facts of life,there is birth control and they say it goes against their church..Who going to raise that bas***** child that under age girl will birth.WHO. Will it be the girl. I don''t think so. Her parents. The child will go in foster homes. Ladies use yer heads..Think ahead..The schools is for lessons..The school could not teach sexx ed years ago. Why now..Yer to busy to care tp raise yer child.

[nexgen99]

This is the way of the secular progressives and left wing politically correct crowd. Total moral decay. That''s what they want and we have to make sure we vote all their pals out of office starting with the Fed and all the way down to the individual town councils.

I wonder everyday what kind of an America will my grandchildren grow up in.

[soldat44]

If that''''s not enough to make you vote republican, nothing will.


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Posted by SignOf4 at 01:46 PM : Oct 19, 2007

Not really - Sen. Olympia Snow(R) is from Maine.

[soldat44]

How can anyone defend giving birth control pills to an eleven year old. This is sick

Posted by nexgen99 at 02:17 PM : Oct 19, 2007

You''re right.

It''s morally indefensible.

[michellem99-2009]

I am 53. A Mainer. My parents had to marry that was 54. Mum was 16. She was forced to drop out of high school due me that she was carrying. A child having a child. You know what happened. I was born legally blind with c/p. They had 2 more children. I was 5 and one day she walked out on Dad and us. For another man and was not going to raise another man''s children. So we ended up in bad foster homes. I stated school at 10. My birth mother washed her hands of being aparent when her 2RD family turnt 13. No wonder their messed up. Birth control just sends the message to have sexx when it is not right. Preditors know this and we as a people must not allow this so yer girls are their prey. Don''t allow them to wear them sexxy clothes their friends wears as yer the one who buy her things. I don''t care what her peers do and dress I was told by my care takers.

[nexgen99]

How can anyone defend giving birth control pills to an eleven year old. This is sick.

[mudrose-2009]

Want to know what the country would be like under liberal democrat rule? Picture this insanity and the morals of San Fransissysco on a NATIONWIDE basis!

If that''''s not enough to make you vote republican, nothing will.
Posted by SignOf4

Worse yet is the fact that if these kids are s/exually active at ll, no telling who''s impregnating them. And if this doesn''t let out the pedophiles because they certainly can smell a prey, these kids are now ripe for rape but them and other adults. Nice.

[ladyjaneg]

I used to be a leftie, but the more I see this sort of garbage happening, the more I openly question myself. and what''''s going on in this country. I know, thinking is wrong... forgive me for doing so, but all the proponents of this travesty just happen to be on the political Left.

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I''m starting to feel the same way...

[yoopermom]

This week, the health center asked the committee to make birth-control pills available to high school-aged students who were still in middle school and unable to access the contraception available at the high school, said Portland School Committee member Robert O''Brien.
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If they are this old and still in middle school, then s*e*x is not the biggest problem here! They need to put more effert into getting into high school than getting into someones pants.

[signof4]

Want to know what the country would be like under liberal democrat rule? Picture this insanity and the morals of San Fransissysco on a NATIONWIDE basis!

If that''s not enough to make you vote republican, nothing will.

[sahia-2009]

If an 11 year old had a drug problem, would you supply him with needles? Why not, he is already involved in it, let''s just keep it going. If he had a drinking problem, would you go buy beer for him? Why not, he likes getting drunk, right? I''m being facetious, these kids may end up dead from these activites. This is the same principal when applied to this article. This is dangerous activity that they are involved in due to aids and hepatitis. We don''''t give them the means to continue, we step in and help them out of the situation, by informing them of the dangers and starting programs that graphically give the reprocussions of s-e-x. That seems like a better use for everyones''time and money. These 11 year olds are not mature enough to use birth control correctly anyway; most adults aren''t. By giving them access to it, it will only look like permission to them to be more promiscuous. This enables them to go from partner to partner without guilt. More partners=more chance of disease and pregnancy. Besides, God says *** is wrong before marriage.

[hypnotoad72]

And if a person is under 18 - that''s a child. The parents have EVERY right to know AND MORE. It''s a simple enough concept.

What next, we give rights to fetuses? What if the fetus wants an abortion? (Hint, there may be a greater meaning to this paragraph than meets the eye...)

[hypnotoad72]

With so many STDs, molesters, misconceptions about *** on the human level (aka heartache and how it is more than a mere physical act), it''s d**n stupid to give prophylactics to children. Never mind children, at age 11, certainly aren''t going to know any better and most teenagers think they''re being individualistic, different rebels (not fathoming the obvious that it''s not being different nor individualistic if he''s doing the same thing as everyone else!)

And if adult liberal women in the 1970s complained about ''the pill'', why do adult "liberals" now want to give it to CHILDREN?!?!?!?!!!! You bet I''m outraged.

Also, the taliban is a gaggle of lunatic nut-cases. Not exactly the type of people we''d want to emulate, surely?!

I used to be a leftie, but the more I see this sort of garbage happening, the more I openly question myself. and what''s going on in this country. I know, thinking is wrong... forgive me for doing so, but all the proponents of this travesty just happen to be on the political Left.

WHY isn''t abstinence working? Children look up to and mimic what adults do (until they reach teenage years, when they attempt to do what they want, because we as a society want them to do it by encouraging such activities!). Maybe the media is partly responsible?! And us?

Society is doing something wrong. Let''s fix it. And stop contributing to it and then wondering why the *** gets worse.

[michellem99-2009]

13 IS NOT AN ADULT. AN ADULT IS 18.

[ladyjaneg]

Blah, blah, blah. If an individual is physically mature enough to be having s-e-x - they should have access to all the information and products related to it. If this is not available to them at home - they should have other sources available to them. KUDOS! to King Middle School.


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Posted by oleander8 at 12:34 PM : Oct 19, 2007


It doesn''t mean they are mentally mature enough for it. They need to know (AND CARE) about the risks that are ssociated with the Pill. How many of those tweens to do you think will actually go for annual pap smears, for example?

[oleander8]

Blah, blah, blah. If an individual is physically mature enough to be having s-e-x - they should have access to all the information and products related to it. If this is not available to them at home - they should have other sources available to them. KUDOS! to King Middle School.

[bthrasher102]

1. Doesn''t birth control require a prescription
2. Kids that young don''t read and or follow instructions or take warnings seriously. What happens when you take birth control and start smoking? Your risk of blood clots goes way up. I''m not sure on other possible side effects and how serious they are, but giving medicine to a kid who''s afraid to let their parents know about it is a bad idea. If they won''t tell the parent, are they going to tell their doctor?

[ladyjaneg]

K, I''m an attractive woman(sorry, but we''re all being honest) and I managed to keep my virginty until I was married. (I got married at 20) My parents knew who my friends were, where I was going, what kinds of shows I was watching and the music I was listening to. Yah, in today''s society, it sounds ridiculously controlling, but you know what? They were being PARENTS. It''s okay to say "No" to kids and watch what they are doing and make sure they aren''t having ***. And if they are, fine. Get them condoms and teach them about STDs and HIV as well as pregnancy. That''s ok----but don''t act as if a baby if the worst thing that can happen from ***.