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Jul. 20th, 2010 04:31 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
This is a problematic question for a birth control militant like me.
On one hand, I'm a parent, and that part says "As long as I am legally and financially responsible for this child, I have a right to know what medications she is on." If her dr. prescibes antibiotics, and I don't know about the pill and no one has told her that antibiotics can render it ineffective, she could be in real trouble.
On the other hand, I also realize not every parent is going to want their daughter on birth control pills and would fight it on "moral grounds." I think the kid has a right--no, an obligation--to protect herself.
I put my daughter on birth control at 15 when she became active. I'd rather have her on the pill than have her get pregnant.
This is a problematic question for a birth control militant like me.
On one hand, I'm a parent, and that part says "As long as I am legally and financially responsible for this child, I have a right to know what medications she is on." If her dr. prescibes antibiotics, and I don't know about the pill and no one has told her that antibiotics can render it ineffective, she could be in real trouble.
On the other hand, I also realize not every parent is going to want their daughter on birth control pills and would fight it on "moral grounds." I think the kid has a right--no, an obligation--to protect herself.
I put my daughter on birth control at 15 when she became active. I'd rather have her on the pill than have her get pregnant.
