California Bill Would Require Schools to Provide Free Condoms to Students

A state Senate bill that would require schools to provide free condoms to all California students passed the Senate Education Committee March 29.
State Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley) introduced Senate Bill 541 last month to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among youth.
If passed, the bill would require all public schools to make “internal and external” condoms available to students in grades 7–12 free and ensure students are aware of the availability.
The bill would also ban retailers from refusing to sell contraception to people based on age—and prevent them from requiring identification for proof of age.
During a March 29 hearing in the Senate Education Committee, committee members voted 5–2 to pass the bill, and referred it to the Senate Health Committee for a vote in the coming weeks….