Matt Volz reports: A Montana judge has struck down the state’s ban on prescription birth control coverage for teenage girls enrolled in its low-income health insurance program Healthy Montana Kids, the insurance program for families with incomes up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level, had covered prescription contraceptives for uses such as preventing…
Category: Youth & Schools
NJ’s Supreme Court reviews Kyleigh’s Law
Associated Press reports: The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether young drivers need to display red decals on their license plates. The justices on Tuesday heard arguments over whether “Kyleigh’s Law” violates privacy and leaves young motorists vulnerable to predators. Read more on Philly.com. Personally, I always find it helpful to see “STUDENT DRIVER”…
UK: Principal threatens to report parents of underage Facebookers
Chris Matyszczyk reports on today’s UK version of “It’s for the children:” Some might imagine that the mere existence of Facebook promotes a certain infantilism. However, one school principal thinks that there are so many underage kids on Facebook and other social-networking sites that the parents need to face official consequences. Paul Woodward, the principal…
Outraged Dad Says Law Firm and Insurer Snooped on Injured Girl’s Facebook Page
Kevin Koeninger reports: A father claims in court that a law firm and an insurer hired an investigator to pose as the Facebook friend of his 12-year-old daughter, who had been hurt in a dog attack, “for the purpose of examining and printing all of the postings and pictures contained” on her Facebook profile. Nelson…