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Schools used to send kids home before they'd hand out a Midol -- liability issues and all. Now at Gloucester High in Massachusetts, home of the so-called "pregnancy pact" that may have resulted in 17 students getting knocked up last year, kids will be able to hit the nurse's office for birth control. Gloucester High never provided contraceptives before, but last year's high-profile pregnancies were four times the average for a school with 1,200 students. On Wednesday night, the school board voted unanimously to provide the contraceptives through a program that parents can choose to opt out of. (You know, for all those moms and dads who love to talk about sex themselves, or for parents who prefer to "opt in" to teenage pregnancy.)
Tell us: Should schools provide contraception? And if so, should parental consent be required?
