IMPOVERISHED SOCIETY

OMG.

I don't mean impoverished financially. I mean morally.

In years past I don't recall being as astounded, infuriated, disgusted on such a regular basis with society in general as I have been the past year or so. Of course, these are my opinions and I understand that lots of people disagree with me -- some vehemently so. But it seems there are so many wrong-headed decisions made about just about everything -- from war to social issues to animal insanity -- that it's difficult to find ANYTHING which falls on the side of common sense.

The most recent issue which has disturbed me greatly is Maine's and Maryland's program of dispensing birth control to students as young as 11 years without informing the parents. In Maine, King Middle School, which has routinely dispensed condoms, now also dispenses birth control pills without parental knowledge. This horrifies me! Birth control pills carry medical risks themselves and may be contra-indicated in girls who are on other medications or have medical conditions which the pills might exacerbate. One public official stated that students cannot be dispensed aspirin for a headache but can confidentially obtain birth control pills.

If I were a parent with a child in a school district allowing this, I would immediately remove my child from that school. I would then work diligently to have this stupidity reversed. There are a few other states which also employ this policy. Guess which states they are! You're right, of course -- where else but California, Oregon, Vermont. This sickens me, but I'm not the least bit surprised that these states have assumed this stance. They are, after all, supporting Hillary.

(sigh)