Maryland School having been passing out contraceptive

In Maryland school based clinics have been dispensing contraceptives for the past two years. None of the parents have been complaining. 500,000 woman have Norplants. There have been 5,000 free Norplant insertions. Provided by donations from companies. At a high school named Oak Ridge there was an article about birth control and tattoo. 1,800 copies of the school newspaper were taken away because it had stories about birth control and tattoos. The article listed success rates for different methods also said that the were available from doctors and local health department. 3 million women in the country use some kind of birth control pill. Some schools have offered birth control packs for $7 now they jumped up to $40-$50.
Some parents are against giving out birth control in schools and said that they would deal with it themselves. On the other side there are parents who want it to be easier to get birth control by selling/giving it out in school.

Portland Maine

School health center in Portland Maine is making birth control pills available to girls as young as 11. The name of the school is Kings Middle School. Ever since 2000 this middle school has had a full range of contraception available, like birth control pills,patches,and condoms. The girls range from 11 to 13. 3 of the middle schools in this area have reported 17 pregnancies during the last 4 years. This statistic did not count miscarriages or terminated pregnancies that were reported by the school nurse.

Some parents think that this is wrong because in the birth control pill there are two major hormones. (Progesterone and Estrogen) There is always a risk of cancer. 5 out of the 510 students would have qualified for the birth control under the program last year.

Before getting birth control pill you must go through a physical examine by a physician or nurse practitioner. Then you must have your parents sign a permission slip.

In 2004-2005 King middle school had three pregnancy and in 2006-2007 they had seven pregnancy.

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I read an article about Baltimore School Clinics that offer Birth control. The schools are putting together plans to discuss the benefits of Norplant in the family-life classes.This is called Norplant. This is surgical implanted just under the skin on the underside of a woman's upper arm. It consists of six matchstick sized capsules. They last for up to five years. During these five years they release contraceptive synthetic hormone (progestin). When the capsules are removed fertility is restored.
One out of ten girls form the ages of 15-17 got pregnant in the year 1990. This procedure has helped the girls. Norplant does not protect ask AIDS or any other sexually disease. The capsules cost $365. The doctors charge $150 to $500 for the surgery.
The first schools clinic to offer Norplant was Laurene Taquin. This is a public school for girls who are pregnant or have had babies.

brith control

Should birth control be given out in schools. Some parents are opposing it and saying that they would deal with it themselves. All the schools are trying to do is prevent teenage pregnancy. My midterm research paper is going to be about how schools are offering girls birth control. I am also going to look at the parents opinion on this and would the school pay for it or the person that is getting it. I have done research and the girl that is getting birth control would have to pay the school for it.

Public VS. Private Schools

Both public and catholic schools are similar and different at the same time. Both of them have a range from grammar to college schools. Many kids of all different religions are in each. Also the same time frame. There are also many differences like wearing a uniform, praying, stricter rules. At a catholic school the sports are normal not as skilled as the public schools. I think that is because the public has more kids. I am writing about these to different schools because I have been in both and I am going to compare them.