Middle School That Hands out Birth Control to 11 Year Old Children may Face Legal Action
The King Middle School in Maine, which voted to allow 11 year old dhildren to get birth control pills and condoms without parental notification, may now face a court battle. The district attorney stepped in and ordered the school to obey the law and report the student because it is illegal for people under 14 to have sex in Maine, even with another 14 year old. While this was a step in the right direction, it didn’t go far enough in the eyes of one group.
The Christian Civil League of Maine called on Maine Attorney General G. Steven Rowe to investigate “possible criminal activity” at King Middle School. The group pointed to a Maine law that makes sexual intercourse between two persons legal only if both partners are at least 14 and the age difference is no more than five years.
Michael Heath, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, told Cybercast News Service the school’s assertion that students had come to the health center and admitted to engaging in sexual activity suggested the commission of a crime.“What we are seeking is an investigation because the law is so clear, and there’s an admission here by officials of illegal activity,” Heath said.
The school, while I don’t think they are actually breaking the law, is helping to encourage children to break the law. So, I guess they would be accomplices, and in fact that would make them lawbreakers after all.
I want to see this matter brought to the limelight like this. I want the school to keep having to defend themselves or drop the policy. Perhaps all the added attention will help them to realize what they are doing. What they are doing that I strongly disagree with is that they are trying to take away the parents rights to raise their child the way they see fit. Parents are slowly becoming less involved in every aspect of their children’s lives, either willfully or obliviously. The school has no right to take away the parents when a child asks a nurse for birth control, it is the parent who should make that decision. The parent is the first one who should find out, it should not be hidden from them.
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Well, it’s good to see that there is at least a little bit of common sense left out there. I hope that they really take this school district to task and straighten them out.
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Hopefully they will put and end to this program.
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There were 7 pregnant middle school students in Maine last year. The Christian Civic League in Maine is a small group of delusional “evangelicals,” on the same level as the God Hates Fags anti-American, anti-troop “Christians” recejntly in the news for having a judgment delivered against them for debasing a Marine’s funeral to the tune of almost eleven million dollars.
As is often the case with children burdened by ultra-strict, intolerant parents, young people are encouraged to confide in someone of authority (doctors, nurses, counselors, even police) if they have problems, and they have a right to do so without fear of retribution from violent, intolerant parents and this is as it should be.
Your opinions matter only insofar as you might offer a reasonable alternative. You don’t. Therefore, the only real “common sense” out here is giving these very few children an option to rise above their predicaments.
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Some data to think about:
There are 533 recognized cities / villages/ townships in Maine.
The population by the last census or estimate is 1,286,670.
By rough calculations that puts about 45,412 at the ages of 11-13. That gives you a pregnancy rate of 0.01%.
In the city in question, there are 2013 in the ages of 11-13. This gives you a pregnancy rate of 0.3%.
So wobbles5000, we are offering a reasonable alternative. It is called following and enforcing the law. This is the United States based on the US Constitution and a system of laws. Maine is similarly structured. Most states require any illegal action happening to or reported by a minor that an authority figure is aware of to be turned into the DA or Child Protective Services under penalty of prosecution as an accessory, loss of license, and career loss. This includes “doctors, nurses, counselors, even police” and teachers. Hence, your point does not hold.
So the children can be charged in a court of law and prosecuted by the DA. Corrective instruction can then be court ordered for the child to learn some harsh realities. Should the schools assist in the breaking of law, then they should be tried as an accessory. The same goes for the parents if they are aware of the actions of the children. If not, then Child Protective Services should be giving the parents a close look.
This is a land based on laws. Not a feel good anarchy. Nor does any one individual or entity get to pick and choose which laws to follow.
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I agree with Gary on this. It is illegal for someone under 14 to have sex in Maine. By giving out birth control the school is helping and encouraging the child to break the law. Once a child learns there is no punishment for breaking one law what is to stop them from breaking another. If you don’t like the law, it should be petitioned to have it changed. That is the alternative, not breaking a law because you don’t agree with it.
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I agree with Gary on this. It is illegal for someone under 14 to have sex in Maine. By giving out birth control the school is helping and encouraging the child to break the law. Once a child learns there is no punishment for breaking one law what is to stop them from breaking another. If you don’t like the law, it should be petitioned to have it changed. That is the alternative, not breaking a law because you don’t agree with it.
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This actually kind of reminds me of the issue of giving driver’s licenses to illegals. It’s the attitude that people have of “well, they’re going to do it anyway so we might as well make it easier for them” which I think is a piss-poor way to go about things.
Yes, people will always do things they shouldn’t. They always have. There have always been kids going out and being sexually active at young ages. I knew of people who did it when I was that age… But at no time should it be acceptable for schools or any other government (or publicly funded) entity to step in and make it easier for them to do it or shelter them from the consequences of their actions.
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In a way these two issues do have a common theme, the rewarding of bad behavior. Once someone realizes there are no consequences for their behavior they will be more willing to carry out that behavior.
It is time for us to stop encouraging this type of behavior in our schools, we need to teach children that there is a cause and effect for every action a person makes. There are good choises and bad choices, and when you make a bad choice you need to be held accountable.
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