Contraceptives For 11 Year Olds

The story came out last week that King Middle School in Maine will offer birth-control pills to girls in grades 6 through 8.  Condoms have been available for a number of years.  This means children as young as 11 have access to contraceptives.

It is argued that some children do not have adequate parental guidance so the school needs to step in to help make them safe.

I don’t buy it. The school is not making them safe. It is laying the foundation for soul-damaging and physically-risky behavior.

Giving out contraceptives to middle school children, a confidential practice, sends one message: it’s okay to have sex.  Simply offering contraceptives teaches children they are old enough, mature enough, and have the right to make the choice to have sex.  If the child is already sexually active, providing contraceptives just reinforces his or her sinful behavior.

Sex before marriage is fornication and condemn by the Word of God (Gal. 5:19-21; Heb. 13:4).

Again, the school claims it is helping children who have little guidance at home. The school is taking the place of the parents. When it steps in, it’s advice is “go ahead and have sex, just use some form of ‘protection.’” Great parenting! If only we all had parents to tell us to practice immorality—just do it carefully!

Side Note: A second grader in New Jersey was suspended for drawing a stick-figure with a water gun.  The pill, condoms, and sex OKAY!  Gun fight drawing NO WAY!

If the school was really concerned about the safety of the students, it would not give out contraceptives. It would teach children that abstinence is the healthiest choice physically and emotionally (not to mention spiritually).  The safest sex is no sex.  However, this is utterly unthinkable by a humanistic-bent education system in a sex-crazed society.

As members of communities where these things take place, we need to voice our opposition to such folly.  It may even be advisable for Christians to seek election to school boards to prevent or change such policies. We certainly need to be on guard and teach our children, brothers, or sisters better.

To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1

We Have A Right
By Daniel H. King, Sr. and Mike Willis