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Pregnancy and Minors’ Right to Privacy

Pregnancy Notification Policy Alarms Some Health Experts

“A revised regulation that directs Howard County school officials to notify parents when students reveal they are pregnant has drawn criticism from health experts who say it violates a young woman’s right to privacy and jeopardizes health care.”

My two cents? Children are guaranteed no right to privacy with regard to their parents or legal guardians. Parental rights trump the personal privacy rights of children. Here’s where things get ugly, though:

“Under Howard’s regulations, approved last month by the Board of Education, any school employee who learns that a student is or might be pregnant is to notify the school counselor or nurse. If the pregnancy is confirmed and the parents don’t know, the counselor or nurse helps the student tell them.”

Public school employees, as representatives of the federal and state governments, have no right to invade a child’s privacy like that. If they must tell anyone, they should tell the parents – directly.

Always Room For C-O-S-B-Y

Go Bill! Once again, Dr. Cosby has hit the nail on the head.

Cosby
Has Harsh Words for Black Community

CHICAGO – Bill Cosby (news) went off on another tirade against the black community
Thursday, telling a room full of activists that black children are running around
not knowing how to read or write and “going nowhere.”

Here’s something that ought to really bug Dr. Cosby.

Remix of Usher Song
Advocates Abortion, Violence Against Pregnant Women

New York, NY (LifeNews.com) — Music fans should be outraged by a remix of a song
off the latest hit album from R&B singer Usher. The remix, featuring hardcore rapper
Joe Budden, advocates abortion and violence against pregnant women, a representative
of an African-American group says.