PLAN-B, NYC SCHOOLS DISPENSING MORNING-AFTER PILLS

The Department of Education, that already provides free condoms to the schools` students, decided to start giving 14 year old girls in 13 public schools in New York, not only the morning-after pills but also the more controversial Plan B, which can prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex or birth control failure and shouldn`t affect or terminate an already existing pregnancy.
Usually medication is available only by prescription to teenagers younger than 18.

New York City's program seems to be unique, according to the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) which works with school health educators in order to prevent unwanted pregnancy.

The girls are able to take the contraception pills without parental consent, but the parents received a letter containing all the informations about the so-called "B-Plan" led by CATCH (Connecting Adolescents To Comprehensive Health).
They may bar their kids from getting the tests and pill by signing and returning an opt-out statement, but only a very small percentage of 1 to 2 percent have signed it, says the Department of Health.

City data collected by the New York Post clearly states in New York about 7000 girls got pregnant last year before turning 17 and more than half decided to have abortion or to drop out of class.

In order to prevent this situation, students can tell their school nurse they had unprotected sex. They get a test to see if a pregnancy exists. If there is no exisiting pregnancy, then a pill will be administered.