Attorney General’s wife outspoken about contraceptives given to Middle School students October 28:

PORTLAND, Maine –News reports of contraceptives provided to girls as young as 11 at King Middle School led to an uproar. Republicans launched an effort to recall members of the school board. And District Attorney Stephanie Anderson warned health professionals that they were illegally failing to report underage sex.

That’s because they’ve decided to give the pill to girls in the 6th grade. Could it be that the trend nationally is to accept the Kinsey data that was really from a sick pedophile sex study…that was performed on infants and children by pedophiles and rapists?

PORTLAND, Maine –News reports of contraceptives provided to girls as young as 11 at King Middle School led to an uproar. Republicans launched an effort to recall members of the school board. And District Attorney Stephanie Anderson warned health professionals that they were illegally failing to report underage sex.

Amanda Rowe, an outspoken supporter for children’s health and sex education, said she isn’t paying attention to what the national news media or talk show hosts have to say about the Portland School Committee’s decision.

The decision to make available birth control prescriptions to children whose parents allow them to visit the school clinic was the right one, she said.

“I am committed to this, and I will see it through,” Rowe told the Portland Press Herald.

Bishop in Maine shocked by policy -Middle school to offer birth control

PORTLAND, Maine - The head of Maine’s Roman Catholic diocese is expressing shock at the Portland School Committee’s decision to make prescription contraceptives available to middle school students without parental permission.

Bishop Richard J. Malone said the decision will inevitably lead to more sexual experimentation among younger children. It also sends a message that the government should replace parents in certain parts of a child’s life, even without the parents’ knowledge, he said.

“I join the number of parents who have expressed their outrage and disbelief at the decision which affects young girls aged 11 to 14 years old,” Malone said. “When contradictory messages are given to children from important authority figures such as parents and school officials, it can create more confusion and difficulty for children themselves in making this important life decision.”

The Portland School Committee this week voted 7 to 2 to allow King Middle School to become the first middle school in Maine to make a full range of contraception available, including birth control pills and patches.

No figures are available on how many middle schools provide such services nationally, but the practice is very rare, according to the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care.

King Middle School students need parental permission to access the school’s health center, but treatment is confidential by law, which allows the students to decide whether to inform their parents about services they receive.