In her column titled Birth control good idea for middle schoolers (SN 11/14), Kelly Kane assumes “the parents that are angry over these school districts’ decision to approve birth control are those that are not close with their children.” Allow me to assume that Ms. Kane has never been a parent — at least not the parent of an 11-year-old child.

Did it ever occur to her that perhaps some parents are angry that important medical decisions involving their children will be made without their knowledge or consent? Or that they are angry with government officials who interfere with their right to raise their children as they see fit? Perhaps if Ms. Kane is ever blessed with children, she’ll understand the anger when a political busybody tries to tell her the “correct” way to raise her children.