NYC Schools Give Out Morning-After Pill
September 25, 2012 by Bryan Nash
The New York City Department of Education is supplying morning-after pills to students. It has become a practice in at least 13 schools.
Making the practice even more controversial is that parents are not notified when the school nurse gives girls emergency contraceptives. Girls as young as 14 are given pills when they ask for them.
The birth control is supplied by CATCH (Connecting Adolescents To Comprehensive Health). Health Department doctors write prescriptions that enable school nurses to give out the drug. This fall, students can receive birth-control injections every three months.
A student must simply inform a school nurse that she has had unprotected sex. If the girl passes a pregnancy test, she can be given the pill.
Last year in five schools, 567 students received Plan B tablets and 580 students were given Reclipsen, according to the New York Post.
Parents are able to sign a form stating that their daughter cannot be given contraceptives. But according to the Department of Education, only 1-2 percent of parents have opted out.





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