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Quebec School Nurses to Prescribe Abortifacients to School Girls
MONTREAL, April 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Rates of abortion in formerly Catholic Quebec are among the highest in the world. Recent statistics also show that young people are experiencing climbing rates of sexually transmitted diseases. Instead of addressing the question of unmarried sexual activity among teenagers however, the College des Medecins du Quebec has decided to allow school nurses to prescribe chemical contraceptives to girls without a doctor’s supervision.
Abortifacient hormonal contraceptive pills have a long list of side effects, some of which can be dangerous to women. Many studies have shown increased risk of thromboembolism, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease and life threatening ectopic pregnancies. Future fertility can also be affected. With the possibility of these serious side effects, it has always been considered essential for women, especially young women, to be monitored by a doctor when using these pills.
The Quebec college however, is apparently only concerned that young women get what they want. Dr. Yves Lamontagne, told the Montreal Gazette, “We wanted to make it easier for adolescents to get birth control.”
Under the new rules, nurses will also be able to raise the issue of contraception themselves instead of waiting for the girl teen to bring it up.
Internationally, the evidence has been that as governments increasingly push artificial contraceptive use on teenagers, the rate of abortion and STD’s goes up. The situation in the UK has become serious enough and girls are having abortions at such early ages, that even the wholly abortion-supporting medical establishment is starting to call a halt.
In Quebec, the rate of teenage pregnancies is rising dramatically. In 1999, about 70 percent of the approximately 3,500 teenage girls under 18 who became pregnant opted for abortion.
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