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ENCORE: Patch Poll - Should Condoms be Made Available to Students in School?
One Massachusetts school district just took a step toward making condoms accessible to students as young as 12 years old. Should schools be providing protection?
We're running an encore of this week's Patch Poll regarding whether or not schools should be providing condoms for sexually-active students. Take a minute to weigh-in with your comments in the space provided at the bottom of this article.
Officials in one Massachusetts school district recently voted in favor of a policy that would allow students as young as age 12 access to condoms from a school nurse.
The Springfield School Committee in Springfield, Mass., voted unanimously last week in favor of a health program aimed at promoting "safe sex, preventing sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy."
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What do you think? Should condoms be available in schools? Why or why not?
The program would mean condoms would be available to students as young as 12 years old. Distributed by a school nurse, students who requested the contraceptive would also be counseled on proper use and storage of the prophyllactic, as well as abstinence.
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The proposal still has some way to go before being implemented in the Springfield, Mass. school system but overall, district officials seem to be in favor of it.
What do you think? Should condoms be available in schools? Why or why not?
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