In light of the recent debate about a Maine middle school’s decision to offer contraceptives, it’s interesting to learn about the faces behind the debate. The coordinator of the Portland schools nurses, Andrea Rowe, is also Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe’s wife.

Rowe, 53, said she was prepared for controversy when an advisory board that reviews sex education programming in the Portland schools decided that birth control prescriptions should be made available at the middle school health clinic.

But she did not expect a national debate.

It’s not clear to me that Rowe was actually the driving force behind the decision, but her and her husband have been drawn into the debate, nevertheless.

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