| Protecting girls in Portland http://www.boston.com/news/... Birth Control Articles Boston Globe - OUTRAGE ERUPTED this week over a decision in Portland, Maine, to let girls at the King Middle School have access to a full range of birth control services through a school-based health center. Approved 7-2 by the Portland School Committee, the move ... |
| Birth Control for Middle-Schoolers http://www.slate.com/id/217... Birth Control Articles Slate - Alas, Dahlia, if you’re looking for a good argument for allowing condoms and not prescription birth control, I’m bound to disappoint. I somehow missed the info that the district has been passing out condoms for so long. At the risk of sounding ... |
| Board Approves Birth Control at Middle School http://www.npr.org/blogs/ne... Birth Control Articles NPR News - This story from Portland, Maine, makes me remember that middle schoolers have a lot more to deal with than finding a way to get tickets for a Miley Cyrus concert . On Wednesday, school board members approved a plan to make prescription birth control ... |
| Middle school in Maine to offer birth control prescriptions to pupils ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... Birth Control Articles MSNBC - PORTLAND, Maine -- After an outbreak of pregnancies among middle school girls, education officials in this city have decided to allow a school health center to make birth control pills available to girls as young as 11. King Middle School will become ... |
| Birth Control for Middle Schoolers http://www.npr.org/template... Birth Control Articles NPR News - The Bryant Park Project , October 19, 2007 · A school board in Maine made headlines this week when it passed a resolution this week to allow health centers to give birth control to students — some as young as 11 years old. Divya Mohan, spokeswoman ... |
| Bishop urges Catholics to fight birth-control ruling http://pressherald.mainetod... Birth Control Articles Maine Sunday Telegram - The Portland School Committee's decision to offer birth control to King Middle School students was a "tragic" choice that Catholics have an obligation to fight, Bishop Richard Malone said Sunday. Malone, spiritual leader of the estimated 193,000 ... |
| Not All Are Pleased at Plan to Offer Birth Control at Maine Middle ... http://www.nytimes.com/2007... Birth Control Articles New York Times - PORTLAND, Me., Oct. 19 — Carissa Porcaro, a student at King Middle School here, did not hide her feelings about the Portland school board’s decision to let the independently operated clinic at her school provide girls access to prescription ... |
| Kiddie birth control a bitter pill for those who know better http://www.nydailynews.com/... Birth Control Articles New York Daily News - In Maine, a school board voted 7-2 last week to make birth control pills and patches available to 11-year-old girls at their student health center. I have an alternative: If you know someone is having sex with an 11-year-old, you should 1) call 911 ... |
| Birth control and a whole lot more http://www.theledger.com/ar... Birth Control Articles The Ledger - These samples of birth control methods include, clockwise from upper right: The Pill; a vaginal ring that delivers hormones through the uterus; Preven, the emergency contraception kit for post-coital protection against pregnancy; a lightweight, thin ... |
| Sex-ed needs middle ground http://www.mndaily.com/arti... Birth Control Articles Minnesota Daily - ast Wednesday, a school board in Portland, Maine approved a measure that will make birth control pills available to sixth-through eighth-grade students after they have had a physical examination by a physician or nurse practitioner. This aggressive ... |