Seattle Teens Get Birth Control at School ‘More Easily
Than They Can Buy a Soda’
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Jul 2015Seattle
A number of Seattle public
middle and high schools now offer long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs)
to their students, free of charge and free of parental consent. Now students as
young as sixth grade have ready access to taxpayer-funded birth control,
without ever having to tell mom and dad.
“Thanks to a Washington state Medicaid program called Take
Charge and the nonprofit Neighborcare, teens can access confidential counseling
on different birth
control methods — and LARC
insertion — more easily than they can buy a soda,” boasts Salon Magazine.
The statement is not just journalistic flourish, but literal
truth. Seattle famously banned soda pop
from public school campuses in 2004 for health reasons, yet teen students can
get an IUD inserted at their school’s health center without their parents’
knowledge.
What Salon fails to mention in its puff piece is that
LARCs are associated with serious side effects, such as
uterine perforation and infection. IUDs also frequently act as abortifacients
by preventing the implantation of a fertilized egg.
According to Grist,
Neighborcare Health “was the first organization to step up to the plate and
provide LARC placement services in certain Seattle public high schools and
middle schools.” LARCs are the most expensive forms of birth control available,
but now they are implanted in Seattle school girls for free thanks to Take
Charge, “a Washington State Medicaid program that’s specifically targeted
toward minors seeking contraceptive services.”
Because of Take Charge, Grist says, “girls under 19
who don’t want to use their parents’ private insurance to get birth control
have a way to get contraception in school at no cost.”
In an interesting twist, Salon applauds increased
conversation about birth control among teens while simultaneously praising the
program’s “confidentiality,” meaning that students can get contraceptives
without their parents finding out.
Salon writes that “one of the greatest benefits of
the clinic, it seems, is the degree to which it’s opened up the conversation
around birth control in the school. Girls will openly trade stories about what
kind of contraception they’re using.”
So casual locker room chitchat about birth control is good,
while dialogue between teens and parents is bad.
According to Katie Acker, a “health educator” with
Neighborcare at Chief Sealth International School, more talk of sex and
contraception is downright invigorating.
“It’s absolutely amazing and crazy,” Acker said. “The birth
control culture, for lack of a better term, and the conversations have just
changed so much.”
She said that “conversations are just happening so openly
and so excitedly. There’s so much pride around, ‘I’ve got this method, I’ve got
this method.’ It’s not a hush-hush thing anymore.”
“So many students will come in and say, ‘Oh, my friend got
the IUD, can I make an appointment’”
Medicaid
Marilyn B.
Tavenner is the administrator for the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and was a group president of
outpatient services for the Hospital
Corporation of America (HCA).
Note: Hospital
Corporation of America (HCA) was
the predecessor company for HCA Holdings
Inc.
Nancy-Ann DeParle
is a director at HCA Holdings Inc.,
was the White House health czar & deputy chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and an administrator
for the Health Care Financing
Administration.
Health
Care Financing Administration was the predecessor for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services.
William
L. Roper was an administrator for the Health
Care Financing Administration, and a commissioner for the President's Commission on White House
Fellowships.
Tom Daschle
is a commissioner for the President's
Commission on White House Fellowships, the chairman for the Center for American Progress, was a special
policy adviser for the Alston & Bird,
the nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration, Michael P. Meehan was his adviser, and
a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Timothy P. Trysla
is a partner at Alston & Bird,
and was a senior policy adviser to the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services.
Thomas A. Scully
is a senior counsel at Alston & Bird,
and was an administrator for the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Donald M. Berwick
was an administrator for the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, and is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the American Constitution Society, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, a contributor for MoveOn.org, and a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, Media
Matters, the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU), Demos,
and People for the American Way.
Ilyse
Hogue was a director of political advocacy for MoveOn.org, is a senior adviser for Media Matters, and the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Sidney
Blumenthal is a consultant for Media
Matters, a consultant for American
Bridge 21st Century, and was the Washington bureau chief for Salon.
Salon
is a publication for the Salon Media
Group Inc.
Robert
McKay was a director at the Salon
Media Group Inc., and a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century.
Michael P. Meehan
was a VP for NARAL Pro-Choice America,
and Tom Daschle’s adviser.
Caroline
Fredrickson was the general counsel for the NARAL Pro-Choice America, the Washington legislative director for
the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU), and is the president of the American
Constitution Society.
American
Bridge 21st Century was a contributor
for the National Education Association.
Demos
was a funder for the National Education
Association.
NARAL
Pro-Choice America is a national partner with America Votes.
National
Education Association is a national partner with America Votes.
John
I. Wilson was an executive director for the National Education Association, and is a director at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.
Cecile Richards
was the founder & president for America
Votes, is the president of the Planned
Parenthood Action Fund, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Michael Chertoff
is a national partner with America Votes,
a co-founder & chairman for the Chertoff
Group.
Jayson P. Ahern
is a principal at the Chertoff Group,
and was the acting commissioner for the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.
R. Gil
Kerlikowske is the commissioner for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and was the police chief for Seattle (WA).
Marco A. Lopez
Jr. is the chief of staff for the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, was a director at the Arizona Department of Commerce, and an executive director at the Arizona-Mexico Commission.
SHOCK: Arizona Paper Decries Border Fence as Too High for
Mexicans to Safely Jump
by Brandon Darby5 Jul 2015
The article in
question was written by Perla Trevizo for the Arizona Daily Star. In the excerpt below, note the section’s subtitle
and the casual mention that the foreign woman had been deported multiple times
prior:
Michael E.
Pulitzer was a publisher for the Arizona
Daily Star, and a board of councilor’s member for the Annenberg School for Communication.
Norman
Lear is a board of councilor’s member for the Annenberg School for Communication, and a director at People for the American Way.
People
for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.
NARAL
Pro-Choice America is a national partner with America Votes.
National
Education Association is a national partner with America Votes.
John
I. Wilson was an executive director for the National Education Association, and is a director at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.
Cecile Richards
was the founder & president for America
Votes, is the president of the Planned
Parenthood Action Fund, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Michael Chertoff
is a national partner with America Votes,
a co-founder & chairman for the Chertoff
Group.
Jayson P. Ahern
is a principal at the Chertoff Group,
and was the acting commissioner for the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.
R. Gil
Kerlikowske is the commissioner for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and was the police chief for Seattle (WA).
Marco A. Lopez
Jr. is the chief of staff for the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, was a director at the Arizona Department of Commerce, and an executive director at the Arizona-Mexico Commission.
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