Comments on: Birth control pills for little girls http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/07/birth-control-pills-for-little-girls/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:05:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Al http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/07/birth-control-pills-for-little-girls/#comment-16504 Al Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:02:50 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2082#comment-16504 The libs in the various school systems have been chipping away at the authority of parents over their children for years. It has always been a corroding irritation to me to have to write a note to the local schools that one of my patients has an allergy to milk, so please don't force him to drink milk at lunch, but give him fruit juice instead. This is required of me, the kid's pediatrician. And they will not accept the parents' word for it. As far as giving birth control pills to 11 year olds, this has to stop yesterday. Why you ask? Because there is limited to no data on the effect of such meds on 11 year olds. Parents could probably successfully sue to stop this policy based upon lack of appropriate research data. Al The libs in the various school systems have been chipping away at the authority of parents over their children for years. It has always been a corroding irritation to me to have to write a note to the local schools that one of my patients has an allergy to milk, so please don’t force him to drink milk at lunch, but give him fruit juice instead. This is required of me, the kid’s pediatrician. And they will not accept the parents’ word for it.
As far as giving birth control pills to 11 year olds, this has to stop yesterday. Why you ask? Because there is limited to no data on the effect of such meds on 11 year olds. Parents could probably successfully sue to stop this policy based upon lack of appropriate research data.
Al

]]> By: Synova http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/07/birth-control-pills-for-little-girls/#comment-16507 Synova Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:20:07 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2082#comment-16507 The pill didn't make me sick but I definitely disliked taking it. Not remembering to take it... big deal... but taking something that messed with my body that way. And I *don't* worry about hormones in the milk I buy, so I'm not ultra fussy that way. Taking enough hormones to control reproductive cycles is taking enough hormones to... control reproductive cycles. It's not a small thing. I'm not jumping on the "only have a period once every three months" thing either. The pill didn’t make me sick but I definitely disliked taking it. Not remembering to take it… big deal… but taking something that messed with my body that way.

And I *don’t* worry about hormones in the milk I buy, so I’m not ultra fussy that way.

Taking enough hormones to control reproductive cycles is taking enough hormones to… control reproductive cycles. It’s not a small thing.

I’m not jumping on the “only have a period once every three months” thing either.

]]> By: SGT Dave http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/07/birth-control-pills-for-little-girls/#comment-16508 SGT Dave Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:07:03 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2082#comment-16508 Just a quick note from the Daddy of a soon-to-be-three little girl, My wife had to go on the pill in high school because of irregular periods. It took an act of the Almighty to get her parents in line (this was before she was seriously dating and long before we were involved). Her mom was a nurse and weighed all the known factors (in 1986!) and finally consented. I dread the day my wife and I have to make this same decision. And I feel for the administrator I catch trying to usurp that responsibility from us. This matter is one that touches on more than simple sexuality or promiscuity; more importantly it does nothing to prevent the other issues of precocious sexual activity - mainly STDs and the psychological damage. Chlamidya (?sp) can cause sterility with few symptoms in women (and men). Warts and herpes are for life; HIV can effectively end it. Condoms would be more responsible for the school, though still morally questionable. This method just gets rid of the visually notable problem of sexual promiscuity and does nothing to prevent the other devastating effects. Bigger rant than I thought it would be. You're right, irtexas, it is easy to get passionate. SGT Dave Just a quick note from the Daddy of a soon-to-be-three little girl,
My wife had to go on the pill in high school because of irregular periods. It took an act of the Almighty to get her parents in line (this was before she was seriously dating and long before we were involved). Her mom was a nurse and weighed all the known factors (in 1986!) and finally consented. I dread the day my wife and I have to make this same decision. And I feel for the administrator I catch trying to usurp that responsibility from us. This matter is one that touches on more than simple sexuality or promiscuity; more importantly it does nothing to prevent the other issues of precocious sexual activity - mainly STDs and the psychological damage. Chlamidya (?sp) can cause sterility with few symptoms in women (and men). Warts and herpes are for life; HIV can effectively end it. Condoms would be more responsible for the school, though still morally questionable. This method just gets rid of the visually notable problem of sexual promiscuity and does nothing to prevent the other devastating effects.
Bigger rant than I thought it would be. You’re right, irtexas, it is easy to get passionate.
SGT Dave

]]> By: irtexas http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/07/birth-control-pills-for-little-girls/#comment-16505 irtexas Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:53:41 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2082#comment-16505 Sorry I took up so much of your space. Like I said it is making me nuts. Sorry I took up so much of your space. Like I said it is making me nuts.

]]> By: irtexas http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/07/birth-control-pills-for-little-girls/#comment-16503 irtexas Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:52:30 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2082#comment-16503 This really bothering me to the point of nuts. How can the parents of these girls not have a say in what is given to their daughters? The powers that be in that or any other schools there and the School Board need to all get pink slips. They are not doctors. An adult woman can't get these pills with out being under a doctor's care. Is the school nurse an RN or a PRN? Or another boozo off the streets. I think any OB/GYN will tell you that this is medication and patent has to be monitored. The idiots have no idea what this pill is going to these little bodies just starting puberty. Never mind all the known side affects what about the ones not known. I can remember when my doctor gave them to me because of my problems with being pregnant. It would have been very bad for me to have another child anytime soon after the first one. I think I lasted about 2 1/2 weeks before my husband flushed them because they were making me sick and nuts. End of the pill for me. I knew other woman that didn't have a problem and some that did. But here we're talking about children with no monitoring at all. No exams or tests before handing them out and skipping on down the hall to their little offices to start writing out a denial statement just in case it is needed down the line. Is this school district going to be responsible for doctor's bills and maybe hospital bills for these children if something happens? What about deaths? Yes, two of my friends died about a month apart because of complications one from clots, one from an aneurism. I was 22 and scared to death because I was already having problems and had a month to go. I had not taken the pills but they had. Never mind the hormone changes there are also mental changes with these things. Trust me it is hard enough for and adult to handle these changes, never mind an eleven year old. This is just mind boggling to me. I also don't understand the parents. What are they thinking? If the parents can't take care of their children then the law should take them away. The school should be charged with distributing drugs with out a prescription. That is against the law. I would think it would be illegal there too. I hope these jerks rot in hell, they deserve it. It seems to me most school boards and school staff all deserve it these days. Thank God my girls are grown and my grandaugher is not living in Maine. This really bothering me to the point of nuts. How can the parents of these girls not have a say in what is given to their daughters? The powers that be in that or any other schools there and the School Board need to all get pink slips.

They are not doctors. An adult woman can’t get these pills with out being under a doctor’s care. Is the school nurse an RN or a PRN? Or another boozo off the streets. I think any OB/GYN will tell you that this is medication and patent has to be monitored. The idiots have no idea what this pill is going to these little bodies just starting puberty. Never mind all the known side affects what about the ones not known.

I can remember when my doctor gave them to me because of my problems with being pregnant. It would have been very bad for me to have another child anytime soon after the first one. I think I lasted about 2 1/2 weeks before my husband flushed them because they were making me sick and nuts. End of the pill for me. I knew other woman that didn’t have a problem and some that did. But here we’re talking about children with no monitoring at all. No exams or tests before handing them out and skipping on down the hall to their little offices to start writing out a denial statement just in case it is needed down the line. Is this school district going to be responsible for doctor’s bills and maybe hospital bills for these children if something happens? What about deaths? Yes, two of my friends died about a month apart because of complications one from clots, one from an aneurism. I was 22 and scared to death because I was already having problems and had a month to go. I had not taken the pills but they had.

Never mind the hormone changes there are also mental changes with these things. Trust me it is hard enough for and adult to handle these changes, never mind an eleven year old. This is just mind boggling to me. I also don’t understand the parents. What are they thinking? If the parents can’t take care of their children then the law should take them away. The school should be charged with distributing drugs with out a prescription. That is against the law. I would think it would be illegal there too.

I hope these jerks rot in hell, they deserve it. It seems to me most school boards and school staff all deserve it these days. Thank God my girls are grown and my grandaugher is not living in Maine.

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