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Boston Public Schools Making Condoms Available To High School Students

BOSTON (CBS) -- The Boston School Committee has voted to make condoms available to students in all 32 of the city's public high schools.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Carl Stevens reports

Boston Public Schools Making Condoms Available To Students

It's part of a new "district wellness policy."

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Until now, condoms have been available to students at 19 schools that have health centers.

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Now, they'll be offered at all 32.

Students will first have to take counseling about safe sex and parents will have the right to exempt their children.

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