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Denver Schools: Offer Birth Control

John Ensslin:

Denver Public Schools high school health clinics should be allowed to dispense contraceptives if the individual schools approve, a report on the system recommended Monday.

Birth-control options would include condoms, the morning-after pill and contraceptive pills. They would be dispensed with a parent's approval.

A 21-page report by a task force studying Denver's school- based health clinics makes several recommendations on expanding services provided by the 20- year-old system run with Denver Health. They include:

• Hiring more school nurses and part-time case managers.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 31, 2007 12:00 AM
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