A Maine high school may open a new health clinic that would give students confidential “reproductive health care.” At other school-based health centers, that term has been a euphemism for transgender drugs and birth-control prescriptions.
Maine School Administrative District 11 voted on Dec. 5 to review the contract for a school-based health center that can provide confidential “mental health, reproductive health, and substance use” care to minors who “demonstrate decision-making capacity.” MSAD 11 comprises schools in Gardiner, West Gardner, Pittston, and Randolph, Maine.
School-based health centers have a history of providing so-called gender-affirming care to minors, often without parental consent. A 2023 Maine law allows 16-year-olds to access transgender hormone regimens without parental consent.
