The article talks about the issue of Portland, Maine middle school girls getting the pill from the school nurses on their school campuses. These girls are usually between the ages of 11 to 13 and are getting the pill and the patch from their school nurses without their parents knowing. These girls are too young to be becoming sexually active and many of them who are don't know the consequences of having sex.
One of the counterpoints is that if they are planning shouldn't they at least be safe. They should be able to learn the consequences and learn how to use the pill or patch safely (taking the pill daily and the patch being changed weekly. The areas where this is being taken affect are in lower class areas where these girls don't have the resources to go to a gyno and this is the best they can do. If being safe is their whole idea then why not just condoms rather than going so far?
They overlooked the parents in this article. Why do they not say anything about how the parents think about this? But at the same time if these girls are just going to their school nurse for protection then they are most likely not telling their parents everything.
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