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Thursday, July 02, 2015

Seattle 6th Graders Can’t Get a Coke at School, But Can Get an IUD

(CNSNews) -- Middle and high school students can’t get a Coca-Cola or a candy bar at 13 Seattle public schools, but they can get a taxpayer-funded intrauterine device (IUD) implanted without their parents’ consent.

School-based health clinics in at least 13 Seattle-area public high schools and middle schools offer long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), including IUDs and hormonal implants, to students in sixth-grade and above at no cost, according to Washington State officials.

LARCs are associated with serious side effects, such as uterine perforation and infection. IUDs, specifically, can also act as abortifacients by preventing the implantation of a fertilized egg.

The state and federally funded contraceptive services are made possible by Take Charge, a Washington State Medicaid program which provides free birth control to adults who are uninsured, lack contraceptive coverage, have an income at or below 260 percent of the Federal Poverty Level -- or, in this case, to teens who don’t want their parents to know they’re on birth control.

In an email exchange with the Washington State Health Care Authority and CNSNews, 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.

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5 comments:

  1. Unreal. Your kid can't take an aspirin to school without having to face expulsion, but the same people who would expel them will give them an IUD without even TELLING THEIR PARENTS!!
    Keep cheering.

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  2. No Hope for ChangeJuly 2, 2015 at 2:12 PM

    I'm all for anything that keeps the CA liberal scum from reproducing.

    I think we should arm them all as well!

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  3. That's ok common core and rainbows will solve all our ills. Wont need an IUD

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  4. While we don't want to encourage them having sex - they will anyway.

    Preventative birth control is better than abortions - or welfare.

    I never had access to sodas when I was in school anyway - that part isn't really wrong!

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