Middle Schoolers get the Pill

The two points of view for this article were for allowing the kids to have the contraceptives, the other was against it. The view that is for allowing the kids, eleven to thirteen, to have birth-control argues that these kids are having sex regardless of the consequences, and that they will continue to do so. The view that is against it states that the kids are too young to be having sex in the first place. One of the counter arguments used in this article was dealing with teens and smoking. M.D. Harmon refuted the idea of “handing out low-tar cigarettes” to seventh graders by saying “we tell kids not to smoke and make it illegal to sell them tobacco.” I feel that the point of view of the kids was over looked. Some of the kids may be able to give better insight than a third party when it comes to the social life in schools.