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Ed
of Kennebunk, ME
These are MINOR children. They are NOT wards of the state. The school and the legislature, for all their good intentions, are overstepping their bounds and have no right to take this parental right and responsibility away.
Sounds like another citizens petition is needed.report abuse
Feb 7, 2008 9:40 PM
How dare a parent be allowed to know the school is dispensing prescription drugs to their children without their consent ...
These are MINOR children. They are NOT wards of the state. The school and the legislature, for all their good intentions, are overstepping their bounds and have no right to take this parental right and responsibility away.
Sounds like another citizens petition is needed.report abuse
Oak
of Turner, ME
To deny ant study or discussion on a governmental level is to imply that all parents aren't worthy of raising their own children.
But it seems from many of the posters here that that is the prevailing attitude.
Parents shmarents, who needs them when we've got Nanny Maine?
As Brian would say - never never...report abuse
Feb 7, 2008 7:36 PM
There should be an opt-in or opt-out for this specific service.
To deny ant study or discussion on a governmental level is to imply that all parents aren't worthy of raising their own children.
But it seems from many of the posters here that that is the prevailing attitude.
Parents shmarents, who needs them when we've got Nanny Maine?
As Brian would say - never never...report abuse
MTB
of Topsham, ME
Feb 7, 2008 7:34 PM
So we can't even study this? I hope this is a huge campaign issue.report abuseMaineman
of Portland, ME
But Newvoice is absolutely right. The perfect is the enemy of the good, and trying to eliminate all teen pregnancy and save all of the unfortunates among us is naive and self-destructive. The decision was made long ago that parental jurisdiction over children is the best way to maintain order and, thereby, a tolerable level of individual freedom for the bulk of us.
There is no way to get away from this program as an intrusion of government into the rights of parents to have the last say in what happens to their children. And it's no surprise that those who advocate it are those who look to the government rather than the individual to solve problems.
The same politicians who lined up against even studying this matter are the ones who work day and night looking for ways to take the money of citizens and redistribute it for the "social good." Just ask yourself how 40 years of liberal programs have worked out socially and how 40 years of Democratic control in Maine has panned out economically. The two are integrally related.report abuse
Feb 7, 2008 7:27 PM
It is not true that it is against the law for a health care provider to notify parents regarding a child's treatment for sexually related matters. The law is quite clear in that it allows the provider that discretion but does not prohibit them from contacting parents. That's just a smoke screen put out there by those at King and elsewhere to justify their failure to act ethically and legally when they find out about underage (read illegal) teen sexual activity.
But Newvoice is absolutely right. The perfect is the enemy of the good, and trying to eliminate all teen pregnancy and save all of the unfortunates among us is naive and self-destructive. The decision was made long ago that parental jurisdiction over children is the best way to maintain order and, thereby, a tolerable level of individual freedom for the bulk of us.
There is no way to get away from this program as an intrusion of government into the rights of parents to have the last say in what happens to their children. And it's no surprise that those who advocate it are those who look to the government rather than the individual to solve problems.
The same politicians who lined up against even studying this matter are the ones who work day and night looking for ways to take the money of citizens and redistribute it for the "social good." Just ask yourself how 40 years of liberal programs have worked out socially and how 40 years of Democratic control in Maine has panned out economically. The two are integrally related.report abuse
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