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.

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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

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New York Times Articles

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Cell Phone Blockers

Cell phone blockers are coming to the United States, even though they are illegal. A person named Kumaar Thakkar from India ships them to the United States. People have invented a machine that cuts off peoples cell phone conversations in a 30 foot radius. They are called cell phone jammers. Verizon spends almost 6.5 billion a year to keep up there networks. It is very hard to detect these jammers. The price of the jammer is 200 dollars. This information is from an article called Devices Enforce Silence of Cellphones, Illegally.
I think these jammers shouldn't be allowed because someone can be on the phone with a very important call. For example someones family member can be very sick and the hospital need to get in touch with there family. If a person with a jammer is next to them or even near them then they would get cut off.

Blog Info

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