Birth Control for Middle Schoolers

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Portland Maine -King Middle School students have the option of receiving birth control methods from the school and some critics have a problem with it.

The full story can be found from The Boston Globe, Attorney general's wife outspoken about contraceptive decision

Also at the Portland Press Herald provides a full detailed story about the public school contraceptive methods

The ultimate decision to allow middle school students access to such contraceptive methods came down with the stipulation that the parents must allow the students access to the school clinic. Otherwise they will not have such access.

However Amanda Rowe, the coordinator for the Portland school nurses and an attorney general's wife, says she isn't watching the national media and what they have to say about the Portland School Committee's decision. The policy, to her, makes sense.

"I am committed to this, and I will see it through," Rowe told the Portland Press Herald.

The Christian Civic League of Maine has questioned the silence of Rowe's husband, Attorney General Steven Rowe on the contraceptive issue.

Fox TV commentator Bill O'Reilly said Maine's attorney general faces "a conflict of interest."