Not in that picture, but the law allows for any girl in the 6th grade or higher to have access to contraception.
I wouldn't be surprised if that program is defunded. Seems that some people believe that IUDs cause abortions rather than simply preventing pregnancy.
If 11 and 12 year old girls are to avoid having sex, it's up to their parents [and older sisters, aunts, if any] to make them understand why. But all parents aren't good ones, and even some good ones can't/won't talk about sex, and all kids don't listen anyhow.
We don't want them having sex until they ready, [different ages for everyone], for a lot of reasons, but the sad fact is that some still do. Even at age 11 and 12. Pretending it doesn't/won't/can't happen just leaves them to deal with STDs, or pregnancy, [or both], and how many feel comfortable telling the parents about that? How many babies are abandoned at birth, because a too young girl couldn't deal with it, and/or was terrified to tell Mom and Dad? [If there is a Dad - they're not always the most responsible parent of the two].
Keep pretending that all parents are responsible about informing their offspring about the reality of sex, and all teens [and preteens] will behave with good sense [when their hormones are raging] and we'll keep having 11 and 12 year olds having babies, and outbreaks of chlamydia in middle school, like the one that just hit Texas.
Keep pretending it's not what it is, because that's worked well so far, right?
Most states have laws in place where minors can get prescription contraception without parental notification. Texas and Utah are the two that explicitly prohibit minors from receiving prescription birth control devices unless the parent or guardian signs off on it. Texas also has one of the highest teen birth rates in the nation, and the by far the highest teen repeat birth rate. If minor teens in Texas receive contraception devices via Medicaid or other federal funds, then federal privacy laws prohibit parental notification, however, despite the state laws.
But that's not what you said. You said, without any qualifying "usually," in there, much less anything about a "faith based provider" providing IUDs and other forms of contraceptives to teens, "When info is withheld, or misstated, it's because the conservative right wing demands it, not because the provider is lax." That statement says, unequivocally, that providers of contraceptive devices to teens are infallible, incapable of making a mistake.
The reason I said that was, it was a direct response to you saying, inthe context of giving 11 year olds IUDs, "Keep pretending that all parents are responsible about informing their offspring about the reality of sex, and all teens [and preteens] will behave with good sense [when their hormones are raging] and we'll keep having 11 and 12 year olds having babies, and outbreaks of chlamydia in middle school, like the one that just hit Texas."
