If they need to get an abortion (in spite of their extensive "sex-ed" training), they can do it during school hours and don't even need to bother you with a permission slip!
The ACLU is threatening to sue a California school district after it changed a policy to require teenagers get parental consent to leave campus for confidential medical services.
The Vista Unified School District board voted unanimously Thursday to change its existing policy that allowed students to be excused for confidential appointments — including abortions — without notifying parents, according to the North County Times.
The ACLU of San Diego County and the National Center for Youth Law claim the new policy violates state law, KPBS reported.
According to lawyers, California allows young people to leave school without parental consent to deal with sexual, mental, substance abuse or reproductive health issues, the station reported.
That is the school-parent partnership at work! Thank goodness for the ACLU, standing up for the rights of teens to get a potentially life threatening medical procedure that could scar them emotionally for life without parental notification. I mean seriously, who knows better what is best for your kids, the school nurse or the parent?
Seriously. Sure this is in California and those people are crazy from all of the sun, but the same mentality that is at work there is at work in the education departments of colleges all across America, removing the parent from a position to interfere with the state's control of kids.
2 comments:
Oh my goodness! Another reason why I don't live in California. Modern Day Sodom for sure. God bless those believers who live there to stand strong for the Lord.
Gloria
Dealing with health professionals and the system while raising my four daughters to adulthood has been interesting to say the least. But a while back our health care provider was really pushing for everyone to use thier online service to access med records.
My youngest was ill and had some test taken I think it was a basic throat swab or something of that nature. She suggested that we look on line for the test results. We proceeded to engage in converstation about age restrictions, under thirteen they could not access their own information a parent could, after thirteen they couldn't until they were eighteen, and a parent couldn't at all if it had anything to do with sexual health or mental health.
I commented that two areas that a young person needed someone to help them daily and their care then was between a health care provider (providing for how many children) and them. Ah but if something should go wrong with my child, I'll be the first one the media sticks the microphone in front of not the docs and nurses.
Most of the medications and procedures that they are planning on giving these babies, someone else's responsibilities and loved one need supervision. But the ones who need to know do not.
Okay, I'm ranting. I'll stop. Very interesting blog, glad I stopped in. Oh by the way. I don't live in CA it isn't the only place this stuff goes on. Just the ones in the news.
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