| School Approves Birth Control Pills for 11- to 13-Year-Olds http://www.cnsnews.com/View... Birth Control Articles CNS News - (CNSNews.com) - King Middle School in Portland, Maine, plans to dispense birth control pills and patches to students between the ages of 11 and 13. The Portland School Committee voted 5-2 in favor of the controversial proposal Wednesday night. This ... |
| Middle school to offer contraceptives http://www.chicagotribune.c... Birth Control Articles Chicago Tribune - PORTLAND, MAINE - Pupils at a city middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the proposal Wednesday evening in a 5-2 vote. The plan, offered by city health ... |
| Birth control pills can help prevent teen pregnancies http://www.pressconnects.co... Birth Control Articles Sun and Press - No parents want to think that their teenagers need birth control, but not all kids are able to talk about it with their parents. They need to be able to turn to a trusted source like a school health center for information, services and help if they ... |
| Parents are all for abstinence in teens http://www.sptimes.com/2007... Birth Control Articles St. Petersburg Times - One school district is New England is even going to distribute birth control pills to girls in middle school. How and when we teach kids about sexuality has changed. In Pasco County 30 years ago, sex education meant showing the girls a Walt Disney ... |
| Our view: Parents, not schools, decide if children use birth control http://www.eagletribune.com... Birth Control Articles Eagle-Tribune - Decisions on whether middle school girls will use birth-control medication should be left solely to parents, not school committees and most certainly, not to the 11-year-olds themselves. That seems to be ordinary common sense that should not need to ... |
| Texas teens lead nation in birth rate http://www.dallasnews.com/s... Birth Control Articles Dallas Morning News - By contrast, California, which has seen its teen birth rate drop by 47 percent in the same period, teaches abstinence but also explains contraception at school and has gone to dispensing birth control to teenage boys and girls – for free, no ... |
| Eating for a cause http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Birth Control Articles Seattle Times - In Bangkok, it's Cabbages and Condoms, named so because its founder, a Thai businessman, felt birth control in Thailand should be as easy to obtain as fresh vegetables. All the profits go to the Population and Community Development Association, which ... |
| Maine school to provide middle school with birth control http://www.kfor.com/Global/... Birth Control Articles KFOR - PORTLAND, MA -- The school committee voted seven to two to allow a Middle School health center in Portland, Maine to give birth control pills to girls as young as 11-years-old, but not without a spirited debate. Diane Miller, who opposes the measure ... |
| Parents often fear 'birds and bees' talk http://www.thetimesonline.c... Birth Control Articles NWI.com - A recent survey of parents in Indiana showed 1 out of 4 "rarely" or "never" discussed critical reproductive topics like condoms and birth control, making good decisions about becoming sexually active, and sexually transmitted diseases. Now is a good ... |
| American Opinion http://www.american-reporte... Birth Control Articles American Reporter - DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- American culture is giving me whiplash. On one side I see right-wingers teaching abstinence to horny teenagers, denying condoms to Africans with AIDS, refusing to fill women's birth control prescriptions and, in general, acting ... |