What happened to old-fashion values?

To the Editor:

The recent decision by the New York City Department of Education to dispense the morning after pill to any teenage girl who simply asks for it leaves the door wide open to a lot of controversy. This program has an opt-out policy attached to it, which means that parents must sign a waiver for their daughters to be excluded from this program. Why isn’t this opt-out policy reversed so that parents have to sign a waiver for their daughters to be included in this program?

Morality was more than just a word when I was a teenage boy, and if this program was in vogue then, it would have been like a dream come true. Back then, hitting a home run for me only hap- SHnHG Rn WhH EDVHEDOO fiHOG during a game, and at best very infrequently. Speaking of infrequently, will this new program change that one word into two separate words that would best describe the behavior of the teenagers of New York City? If that scenario becomes the norm, will sexually transmitted diseases be on the increase? Is the school nurse who will hand out these pills be in a position to monitor possible interactions between all medications that these girls might be taking?

The bottom line here certainly presents many more questions than answers, and whatever happened to oldfashion values?