Sometimes it takes a real-life situation before people realize there is a real problem with one of our federal laws. At one point he took her to a county health clinic to obtain injections of the contraceptive Depo-Provera. The girl's parents knew nothing about the affair nor the injection, which has serious potential side-effects. Since the parents learned of the affair, they have sued the teacher, the school district and the county health department. Had this girl wanted her ears pierced, or an aspirin at school, or almost anything else except birth-control, parental notice would have been required by law.
Most states also have laws on an age of consent.
Created in 1970 it provides contraceptives, treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and sexual counseling to minors with a guarantee that parents won't be told. Almost 1.5 million American teens use this each year. Title X invites our children to evade what they badly need more parental involvement and guidance. Even worse, it promotes a dangerous group that targets teenage girls, the sexual predator. Title X's veil of secrecy helps them to bypass society's usual protections for young girls, including state laws defining this as child molestation, abuse or statutory rape.