Morning after pill for high school girls? "The New York City Department of Education is making the morning-after-pill available to high school girls at 13 public schools. The department says girls as young as 14 will be able to get the Plan B emergency contraception without parental consent. Parents have been notified about the CATCH pilot program and how their daughters can opt out of it. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says she supports the program because high school students are sexually active and getting pregnant. The city says about 7000 girls get pregnant by the time they reach the age of 17. It says more than half choose to get an abortion." Via Huffington Post. Watch the video and find out more with John Iadarola and Lisa Ferguson on TYT University! What do you think? Should plan b, or the morning after pill, be available to high school girls? Should it be opt in rather than opt out? And can this whole debate ever be divorced from religion? What would you say to a girl who's parent did not allow her access to plan b after having sex? What should New York City do? Let us know what you think in the comments section! And if you liked this video, PLEASE "Like" it as well! :) Subscribe to TYT U for more videos: tinyurl.com Follow us on twitter!!! twitter.com twitter.com twitter.com TYT University covers all the news you need to know happening at colleges around the country and across the globe! From student loans to frat parties and dating, we've got it all <b>...</b>
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