Thursday, December 3, 2009

Your tax dollars at work! What's next?

Milwaukee Public Schools could be one of the few districts in the country that provides contraception to students.
School board members will consider making free condoms available to students in many of the district's high schools. The district's health officials say the free condoms are needed to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
Two condoms would be available only after a student talks with a school nurse. The student would also receive literature about the risks of being sexually active.
A Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted by the school district this year showed more than 60 percent of high school students in MPS are sexually active.
The Journal Sentinel reports a school board committee will take up the matter Tuesday.


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