Here in California, a 7th grader will likely be given a ticket by a truancy cop if she ditches class and goes surfing. If that same student, later that day, wants to have a doctor cut up the unborn baby inside her, the student not only gets to skip class, but her parents never have to approve or even find out what happened.
To our knowledge our six year old hasn't discovered contraceptives, abortions or psychotropic drugs yet, so we'll probably leave him in the public system one more year.
However, for those of you with kids going into 7th grade or higher, make sure you are going in with your eyes open and your opt-out paperwork filed.
H/T Anne Coletta, who goes into more detail
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