Members of the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved Tuesday night the dispensing of contraceptives in high schools.
The vote allows school-based health clinics at
The controversial plan was approved following a long debate and after board members tacked on an amendment that allows parents to exclude their children from the program by signing a form that says their children can’t be served by the clinics.
Nurse practitioners who are certified to prescribe medication will be dispending the contraceptives, the newspaper reported.