Friday, January 4, 2008

Facts on Birth Control / Quotes from Parents

Planned Parenthood is the most common form of help for young girls who get pregnant. Plan Parent hood is the collective name of organizations worldwide who are members of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. This helps girls deal with the emotional and physical stress of being pregnant. Since Planned Parenthood started the maternal death rate has fallen more than 60%. Infant death rate has declined by more than 70%. 85% of women between the age 15-44 don't use birth control become pregnant.

Carol Schiller is a mother of two from King she said " It's much more important that we reach out to these kids and get them the tools they need to stay safe, stay in school and get an education". A spokes person for the National Assembly on School-Based Health care named Divya Mohan said "It's very rare that middle schools do this". One of the parents that support Kings Middle giving out different forms of birth control states "It’s not enough to depend on parents to protect their children because there may be students who can’t discuss things with their parents".Richard Verrier The only problem was when they first started giving out birth control was that they didn't need to have a permission slip in order to get it.

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