[ColdSteelTalon]

Bad parents.

[stinkerpot65]

The parents should imprisoned.

[stinkerpot65]

The parents should imprisoned.

[Chode]

it seems like facilitating the sexual promiscuity of you own minor child is Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor and Child Abuse. but that's just me...

[latina4dubya]

they did what the modern culture told them was the right thing to do

they have no minds of their own... what idiots... no wonder their daughter also did "what modern culture told her to do."

[Zeroisanumber]

The development of blood clots that the article talks about is actually Deep Vein Thrombosis, a formation of a blood clot ("thrombus") in one of the deep veins of the body. Generally they're found in the femoral vein or the popliteal vein or sometimes in the pelvis. There is some debate over whether or not the contraceptive patch is more likely to cause blood clots than the regular pill form of contraceptive.

There are, however, several habits and conditions that will increase the chance of forming a blood clot. A major increased risk factor is smoking, but others include diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, long periods of inactivity, and obesity.

There are usually warning signs for DVT such as unusual pain or swelling and nasty headaches. Regardless, only about 5% of people who develop DVT die from the complications (known as a pulmonary embolism).

I know that lifesite has an agenda, but the article was at best incomplete and at worst misleading.

[SE Mom]

Just the headline was enough to make my head spin.

"The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers."

(Shakespeare)

[George from New England]

I'd be suing if the school or the state put my daughter on the biuth control without my consent.

That is the problem in CT and many of the blue states.

I originally thought that this blue state was only taking the teens for abortions, now I find they're injecting the teen girls with the "Depo" birth control and keeping it all from the parents.

[Prime Choice]

When the parents of 14 year-old Alycia Brown of La Crosse Wisconsin found out their daughter was sexually active, they did what the modern culture told them was the right thing to do; they put her on birth control

And with such profound stupidity, they forfeited their right to sue IMHO.

Nobody killed their daughter but they themselves. Idiots.

[Hank Rearden]

has been responsible for at least 17 deaths in women age 17 to 30 since its release in 2002

That's all? Out of a user-population size of what - millions?

How many patch users got hit by a bus over the same period - more than 17?

[Calpernia]

..

[LasVegasMac]

they did what the modern culture told them was the right thing to do;

Parents that can't think for themselves - ?

So sad.

LVM

[Paul C. Jesup]

Alycia died suddenly of blood clots in her lower pelvis

How can blood clots in her lower pelvis 'suddenly' kill her... A blood clot induced heart attack or stroke could suddenly kill you, but there are no immidiately vital organs in the lower pelvis that you will suddenly die without.

[AZLiberty]

Does the drug company actually market the patch for use by 14-year-olds? Or did the physician prescribe an adult drug for a child?

[Gritty]

"Maybe I'll be able to save a life, if people know what happened to her." - Her mother

This mother isn't fit to raise a child, much less rationalize on and on about "saving a life".

She should have thought of her own daughter's life which obviously she didn't. There surely is negligence involved, and most of it is on her part!

[Puddleglum]

Why do I get the feeling that all the modern sexual "rules" are being written by adolescent boys? Is it the boys putting all the pressure on these young girls to be little whores?

Dads and the media need to start teaching their boys to be gentlemen AND their girls (and boys) to be chaste.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Crap. My 24 yr old was given that after her second baby. Bf's ex pyschobitch put their 17 yr old daughter on it. We are NOT amused.

[Palladin]

That's some price to pay for enabling their 14-y-o daughter to have promiscuous sex.

[TheDon]

When the parents of 14 year-old Alycia Brown of La Crosse Wisconsin found out their daughter was sexually active, they did what the modern culture told them was the right thing to do; they put her on birth control, choosing the popular hormonal patch instead of the Pill.

14 years old and she is sexually active? And this is the response of the parents?

[RunningWolf]

I tell you all that most of you do not remember.

Going back years ago (to the story of from a 19 year old man) I do.

Within 5 minutes from walking out of your door..,

she will transform herself with a brush of hair, some mascara and lipstick, perfume and then some high heels with those tight jeans and top.

That is the woman he will experience.

She will talk too, and she will listen to the man.., Who is dazzled by her presence. Her listening seduces him even more.

He will not know till it is to late.

Wolf