Kids go to Planned Parenthood on a trip. What's the big deal?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/06/13/planned.parenthood.trip.ap/index.html

So a trip took children to Planned Parenthood after school and this made negative national news. This ruffled my feathers a bit because what is the point of this argument in New Hampshire? Promoting safe sex and allowing students to understand the resources available to them in case of certain normal teenager emergencies and this is a problem? In this day and age we must understand the importance of teaching children responsible behaviors and alerting them to the options they have. I think we are starting to place rhyme over reason here. The fact that people were standing outside with placards about abortion has very little to do with the high level of educational activities that are sponsored by Planned Parenthood. In fact, the pamphlets that they create and distribute about women's health and birth control have won numerous awards. Maybe if we would educate our children about birth control methods we would help them avoid the multiple abortions that some have before graduating high school! Have I shocked you? I can't count the many students I had in high school that had multiple (NOT JUST ONE) abortions by 11th grade. Had they known that there was a place where they could get confidential support and preventative methods, they might have been better off. And I won't even discuss the high level of STIs amongst high school children.

We ought not get carried away with old traditions. We must teach chldren responsibility even at the expense of offending those parents who are still in denial about their children having sex. But then again, that's just my two cents...