[quote name='JSweeney']Actually, the abortion portion of this arguement is of the least concern to me...I have my view, others have thiers, and I'm content to let it stay that way.
it's the dispersal of prescription drugs to minors without parently consent, with little consideration for the potential for serious side effects in both the long and short term.
Jmcc, it was giving kids pysch. exams that bothered me.. it was the suggestion to distribute mood altering drugs (most of which have a laundry list of terrible side effect (especially Welbutrin), yet do so without having to inform or get the concent of the parents. What I've been saying is well within the scope of the argument.
The abortion issue came in because Quackzilla can't tell the difference between contraceptives and morning after pills.
One prevents, one terminates. There's a difference.
Depo-Provera, for instance, is a contraceptive.
RU-486 is a morning after pill.
Thier intent, side effects, and usage methods are wildly different.
Both have compelling side effects that in my mind gives good reason why parents, guardians, etc. should be involved in the discussion when these drugs are being prescribed. (RU-486 has been linked to the deaths of women that were on a regiment of it, and birth control pills alter hormone levels, which can spawn issues as well.)
They can give out all the prophylactics they want until the end of time...those don't have potentially serious side effects when used (unless someone is allergic to latex

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Could you build me a straw man too? Maybe one about the death penalty? Because, it also isn't applicable to this story and it can be questioned in the form "if they're prescribing anti-depressent drugs to kids, what's to stop them from giving them shots of sodium chloride?! You have to admit that giving kids lethal injections is bad!" Won't you help me help you help me hijack this story for my own purposes? They're based on the teachings of Jesus if that makes it more attractive to you.