School was always supposed to be a place where children learn mathematics and science and grow socially and logically. Now, 13 Seattle area schools have taken it upon themselves to ban Coca-Cola sodas and candy bar vending machines. The ban began in 2004 and actually encompasses all junk food. It’s simply another disturbing chain of events that leaves us all shaking our heads. But that’s not the worst part.
The Washington State Medicaid program called Take Charge is responsible for a contraceptive program in these same schools. The program is funded by tax dollars from the state and the federal governments and was designed to provide free birth control to low-income women and those that lack contraceptive coverage. And now, more scarily, girls that don’t want their parents to know they are on birth control can get it at school.
At these 13 schools, where soda and candy are so bad for a child they needed banned from being available, a 6th grader (a girl as young as 11 or 12 years old) can receive, for free because it’s taxpayer-funded, an IUD. That’s right, an Internal Uterine Device without parental consent. This birth control device is inserted directly into the uterus of the preteen girl to prevent pregnancy — an invasive medical procedure with its own slew of risks.
In an email exchange with the Washington State Health Care Authority and CNSNews.com, a Take Charge spokesperson acknowledged that underage students are eligible for a “full array of covered family planning services” at school-based clinics if their parents meet the program’s requirements.
That includes the IUD.
IUDs are considered LARCs, or Long Acting Reversal Contraceptives. LARCs can cause some rather serious health risks, including (and certainly not limited to) infection of the uterus and uterine perforation or tearing of the uterine wall. IUDs also act as abortifacients by preventing (and even sometimes destroying) a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.
Take Charge stated that “a student who does not want their parents to know they are seeking reproductive health services is allowed to apply for Take Charge using their own income, and if they are insured under their parents’ plan, the insurance would not be billed.”
So, the children are eligible if their parents have insurance, but the insurance won’t be billed, so the parents won’t know their daughter had a birth control device designed to abort in her uterus. A girl cannot purchase a soda or a candy bar, but she can get birth control without parental permission. When did schools become underage health clinics? That’s one of the worst ideas to come out of our public school system since common core.
NOTE: Seattle school-based clinics participating in the program include Aki Kurose Middle School, Washington Middle School, Denny Middle School, Madison Middle School, Franklin High School, Nathan Hale High School, Roosevelt High School, West Seattle High School, Garfield High School, Ingraham High School, Rainier Beach High School, South Lake High School, and Chief Sealth International High School.
I guess it’s only “her body” when it comes issues related to sex. How is a girl, who they’ve deemed unable to make nutritional choices, able to make this kind of decision? The hypocrisy of the “progressives” is astounding.