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Fri, Oct 21 2011 03:44:42

Birth control at Canby High's health center

Nearly 70 community members showed to a board meeting where Canby School Board members unanimously denied a proposal that would have given students access to birth control prescriptions through their health center.

  1. ndungca
    Pretty full room at Canby High for decision on birth control on campus. Will tweet intermittently. For background: http://t.co/BWpa0lmF
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 21:51:13
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    Superintendent John Steach thanking students, staff and community as discussion starts about school-based health center. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:17:10
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    Student Hunter Mead outlining proposal: nurse-practitioner on campus would prescribe birth control pills, patches, rings, Depo-Provera .
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:21:02
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    Mead also notes that proposal would not have condoms, spermicide, IUDs available on campus. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:21:28
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    Sup. John Steach now going through district's community survey about birth control on campus. 57.9% were against the proposal. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:24:26
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    Another stat: 54.7% of current Canby High parents who took survey were against having birth control prescriptions on campus. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:26:51
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    Brendan Murphy says it was an odd choice to exclude condoms in proposal, asks student advisor Trevor Lockwood to explain why. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:39:28
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    Lockwood says students wanted to make proposal less controversial because mentioning "condoms" seemed very "inflammatory." #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:40:18
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    Public comment section about to start. Apologies if I butcher spellings; will try my best. I'll correct them for any Oregonlive posts #canby
    ndungca
    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:43:02
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    A resident says she doesn't think it's fair that the majority of the adults who "speak loud, beat Bibles" should decide for everybody.#canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:48:13
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    Resident Brian Hudson asking about how much county provides to Canby for the center, how much costs would increase. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:49:53
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    Hudson: Just because we can allow parents to not have parent involvement does not mean we should. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:53:29
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    A student: A teacher told me that in a perfect world, teenagers do not have sex. But we do not live in a perfect world. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:54:31
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    Student talks about how his mother, who got pregnant at 18, struggled with providing for family.#canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 22:57:46
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    A resident: “A high school has enough to do than think it’s their responsibility” to have birth control available. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:01:59
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    Resident Jacqueline Muir: Dispensing of birth control gives teens the wrong message; feels it condones initiation of sex. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:05:11
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    Resident Mac Wood saying he doesn’t want tax dollars going “into pushing nonsense.” #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:09:13
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    Resident Sean Avery says earlier board said they’d add the center w/o birth control services, and they should keep that commitment. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:15:44
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    Avery also says that low turnout for student survey shows that students are ambivalent or don't care about birth control issue. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:16:24
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    Resident Raymond Baldwin says he is worried that schools are moving in this “progressive” manner, says it violates parental rights. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:24:26
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    Baldwin: “Who’s going to be responsible for these children if they have medical complications?” #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:24:50
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    Another resident is saying the board is making the a big decision with “flawed and scanty information,” singles out survey. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:45:53
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    Peter Schultz, student who helped propose the plan, says ultimately it's parent’s decision in what goes on in a child’s life. #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:48:08
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    Schultz: "Would you rather pay for birth control supplies now or would you like to pay for welfare later?" #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:48:33
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    Teen Shelby Bennett says that approving plan would be seen as “encouraging sex,” urges young people in the room to "stay pure." #canby
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    Thu, Oct 20 2011 23:54:06
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