纽约中学为女生发放紧急避孕药
<p>纽约市卫生部门在13所公立中学推出一个名为“青少年与全面健康”的试点项目，允许这些学校为女生发放紧急避孕药，希望以此降低青少年怀孕率。纽约也因此成为美国首个为学生发放处方紧急避孕药的城市。该项目试点学校多选在没有医疗中心的贫困地区，学校会给家长寄送一封说明信，如果家长在一个月内没有回复就表示同意让自己的孩子参与该项目。到目前为止，仅有1-2%的家长表示放弃参与。该试点项目会在今后继续扩大范围，直到覆盖纽约市内所有公立中学。据纽约市卫生局介绍，去年纽约市17岁以下的女孩中有7000人怀孕，90%都是意外受孕；这其中有64%做了流产，约有2200名女孩子在17岁时就当了妈妈。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="pilot">pilot</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="allows">allows</span> <span word="teens">teens</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contraceptive">contraceptive</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="Plan">Plan</span> <span word="B">B</span> <span word="in">in</span> 13 <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> -- <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> -- <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="implemented">implemented</span> <span word="citywide">citywide</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Board">Board</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Health">Health</span>, <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="can">can</span> "<span word="opt">opt</span> <span word="out">out</span>" <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="program">program</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="only">only</span> 1 <span word="to">to</span> 2 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="chosen">chosen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="so">so</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="proof">proof</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pudding">pudding</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="Chanel">Chanel</span> <span word="Caraway">Caraway</span>. "<span word="Overall">Overall</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="OK">OK</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="available">available</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="children">children</span>."</p><p><span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="implemented">implemented</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 4.7 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 12,000 <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="enrolled">enrolled</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prescription">prescription</span> <span word="drug">drug</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Board">Board</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Health">Health</span>. <span word="Students">Students</span> <span word="ranged">ranged</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="from">from</span> 14 <span word="to">to</span> 18.</p>
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