The contraceptive controversy may have died down somewhat at the King Middle School in Portland, Maine, but now another storm is brewing at the school-based health centers over their failure to report underage sexual activity to the authorities. Just over a week ago, the Portland School Committee voted 7 to 2 in favor of a plan to offer the ‘pill’ as part of an expanded contraceptives program for King Middle School students at the school-based health center. Students as young as 11 will now have access to birth control pills at the school. The proposal sparked a national debate about whether or not it’s appropriate to give contraceptives to kids at school — and at what age. Local Republicans are still resisting the policy, gathering signatures for a petition, hoping to turn things around. ‘I’m just against the awarding of 11 year olds with birth control — a precedent we should not be setting,’ said Sandy Sibson at a local GOP event. And now it turns out that health care providers at King Middle School and Portland’s five other school-based health centers may not have been in compliance with the […]