Now back to serious blogging....

I was flipping through the bloggin channels via the Next Blog button when I stumbled upon "Life Answers" written by Mike Miller. I found his profile interesting so I began to scroll through his posts. I found one that grabbed my attention. Little Girls, I agree about the controversy over the issue...but something still doesn't sit right with me.

I guess its because laws may have good intentions....but they are always, always abused. Even if you over looked whether you think abortion is right or wrong...the law is designed to protect girls that may want to keep the child but if a parent was notifyed that girl may be forced to have the abortion. Or vice versa...
Looking at how many times that actually happens in the US....compared to how many abortions are preformed you would think the law was out of place. They want it to protect the few but its abused by many.

Now about the whole school medication thing...I don't agree with that either...I think its a bit ridiculous. When I was in highschool, I was expected to go to the nurse's office and get verbal consent from my parents before taking even a midol. Then when I had an episode where I had to keep a certain med with me at all times to head off the episode...I was expected to let the nurse give it to me and have it stored in her office...even though if an episode had hit I wouldn't have been able to get to the nurse...or tell someone to get the nurse. So I just kept it in my purse, now if I happened to be searched I would have gotten suspended for "drug" possesion or intent to distribute a drug. Thankfully another episode did not hit and it was all gravy.

I understood I was breaking the law...but frankly didn't care. In that instance the law did not take into consideration what was best for my health. However, the law can't always do that. There has to be a boundary set that is not expected to be broken...otherwise its not really a law but a suggestion. What if I had made the whole thing up and was really passing out drugs....that would impede on the rights and health of other children....to which the school was entrusted their care. Choices....choices.

Now, I look at it this way. Nothing is absolute, but if you believe in something you should be able to take yourself and how it affects you, out of the equation. And look at it, how it pertains to others. So, if there was a parent whose child had the flu and a school nurse gave them some dayquill or something... would it be wrong for the parent to be upset with the school system? Would that parent like that he/she found out their child was sick after they were home from school, but threw up all day? What if that child was allergic to that particular med? Would that parent like to get a phone call saying their child was givin a drug by another student? Or that their child passed out drugs that harmed another student and they were getting expelled?

What if it wasn't school and meds...what if it was boyfriend/girlfriend activities? Or church outings? Or a party/sleep over? Would it be outrageous for parents to know and ask ?'s about those things?

So why is it any different if their little girl or little boy finds themselves in a pregnancy situation?
Or with STD's?

And heres a thought....what law is there to protect those that got pregnant by the family member...and they happen to not tell the parents under the guise that its none of their business/children's rights...and takes them across state lines against that child's will and makes them have an abortion?

I have always been taught...that I am my paren'ts business because they made it their business to have me...or something along those lines. Thats how I remember it. And its always the parents job to look in the child's best interest, protect them and love them even if it takes tough love sometimes.