In Maryland school based clinics have been dispensing contraceptives for the past two years. None of the parents have been complaining. 500,000 woman have Norplants. There have been 5,000 free Norplant insertions. Provided by donations from companies. At a high school named Oak Ridge there was an article about birth control and tattoo. 1,800 copies of the school newspaper were taken away because it had stories about birth control and tattoos. The article listed success rates for different methods also said that the were available from doctors and local health department. 3 million women in the country use some kind of birth control pill. Some schools have offered birth control packs for $7 now they jumped up to $40-$50.
Some parents are against giving out birth control in schools and said that they would deal with it themselves. On the other side there are parents who want it to be easier to get birth control by selling/giving it out in school.
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Jillian: It looks like you have found some interesting research for your paper. One question you might want to try and answer in your paper is why are these schools or other agencies taking such extreme measures to distribute birth control? Even though the schools are from different parts of the country, what common problems are addressing?
Good job. Keep working.
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