School board says no to birth control access at Canby High School

  • By: Peggy Savage  
  • Published: 10/21/2011 12:23:02 AM
  • Last Updated: 10/24/2011 8:03:39 AM
Photo By: Peggy SavageCanby, OR --
Casey Winters, Hunter Mead and Peter Schultz, all members of the CHS School-Based Student Advisory Board, testify Thursday night in support of providing birth control at the Canby High School health center.
The community spoke and the school board listened. In a unanimous decision Thursday night, the Canby School Board voted down a proposal that would allow the nurse-practitioner at the Canby High School health center to prescribe or dispense birth control to students.



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