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School physicians will fill prescriptions for three different drugs: birth control pills, which are taken daily; Depo Provera, an injection providing three months of birth control; and Norplant, an implant that provides birth control for five years...
Alfred B. Fantini, who voted against the proposal, said Norplant may have very serious side-effects including acne, weight gain, excessive bleeding, mood swings and depression...
...said 400 women filed a class action suit against the company that produces Norplant, but he did not know the result of that case...
...proposal would give students direct access to birth control pills as well as Depo-Provers, a three-month birth control injection, and Norplant, a contraceptive surgical implant which has about five years...
...concerned making a five-year decision with Norplant is somewhat pushing it," he said...