By Bill Fancher
An effort is being made in the U.S. House of Representatives to provide parents with more rights to know what is happening with their children. Missouri Republican Todd Akin says under the Title X law, kids in schools have access to medical contraceptive services without the knowledge of their parents.
“These are not just simply condoms,” Akin says. “We're talking about various types of implants, shots, and other kinds of contraceptive devices” — among them contraceptive patches and pills.
That is why he introduced the Parents Right to Know Act in the House. The legislation, he says, states that parents have to be informed in writing about such medical services before their children can access them.
Akin says the current situation is negligent regarding children's health and does not make sense.
“Typically the child has to get parental consent to get an aspirin, to get a tattoo, to get an ear pierced, or to go on a field trip,” he says. “And yet the way Title X law is currently administered, an injection that could potentially kill a child [could be administered] — and the parents are not only denied consent, they don't have any knowledge of it whatsoever.”
Akin expects his law to pass the House, but he knows the fight will be a tough one. He feels this flaw in the Title X law must be corrected.
(This article courtesy of Agape Press.)
