Sue Myrick: “I support this motion. As a mother and a grandmother, I would be furious, literally furious, if my child were given this…”

“I support this motion. As a mother and a grandmother, I would be furious, literally furious, if my child were given this pill because I as a mother have to be notified if my child is given an aspirin. So it really upsets me that this decision is made by other people and not by the parents. There is very little risk involved in taking a simple aspirin, but the morning-after pill does have several possible side effects. While I do not support this as a means of emergency contraception, it is a legal choice, and those who choose to do it should do it under the supervision of a doctor. Currently, any school that does receive Federal funds for family planning is authorized to distribute the morning-after pill, and right now 180 school clinics offer it. The most disturbing fact is that the Federal laws and regulations overrule State parental consent and notification laws so school nurses can distribute this pill without the parents ever being involved. I urge my colleagues to vote for this motion and vote to make sure that parents have more rights over their children than the Federal Government.”