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William Helms: “The holding from the court overturning the New York City Schools' condom policy decreed: The petitioner parents are…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 1994
The holding from the court overturning the New York City Schools' condom policy decreed: The petitioner parents are being compelled by State authority to send their children into an environment where they will be permitted, even encouraged, to obtain a contraceptive device, which the parents disfavor as a matter of private belief. Because the Constitution gives the parents the right to regulate their children's sexual behavior as best they can, not only must a compelling State interest be found supporting the need for the policy at issue, but that policy must be essential to serving that interest as well. We do not find that the policy is essential.
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William Helms
Republican · New Jersey
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Helms discusses a New York court ruling that overturned a condom distribution program in schools.

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