Birth Control for Kids?

Are you serious? Did anyone else catch this story on FoxNews? Apparently giving students birth control subscriptions is being considered at a Middle School in Maine. Do people really not see how far across the line this goes? Is it even healthy to give a child that young hormones?

According to the article,

The Portland School Committee will weigh the proposal Wednesday, which would enable students at King Middle School to obtain the pill.

Under the plan, King would become the first middle school in Maine to make a full range of contraception available to students in sixth through eighth grades, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.

“This is a proposal we have been working on for six months,” Douglas S. Gardner, the director of Portland’s health and human services department, said in a statement. “It came about from kids self reporting that they were sexually active.

“Clearly they are too young to be engaged in sexual intercourse, but the reality is that they are sexually active,” he said. “It is our responsibility to offer a full range of primary care services to students. Fortunately it’s a small number.”

Did I miss something? Talk to me parents of children older than mine, when did one of the school’s primary functions become offering primary care? Sounds like socialized medicine to me. The article goes on to say,

“This is a service that is totally needed,” Rowe said. “It’s about very few kids, but they are kids who don’t have the same opportunities and access as other students.”

King’s health center, which opened in 2000, already provides condoms as part of its reproductive health program. Prescription birth control, such as pills or patches, would be prescribed after a physical examination by a physician or nurse practitioner, said Lisa Belanger, who oversees Portland’s student health centers.

What comes next? When will the schools begin providing abortions too? After all, I am sure they think the school has a responsibility to make sure young girls are not having babies because it increases their chances of dropping out. Truthfully, I’m sick of this progression. Someone stop the insanity- please?