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Although a recent policy statement by
the University Health Center prohibits
prescription of contraceptives unless a
student is married or planning to.be
married, the center's medical director said
Tuesday it's still the individual
physician's prerogative to prescribe
contraceptives.
"If that's the way things are, then
that's what the policy should say," said
ASUN President Steve Fowler. Fowler,
along with about 10 women students and
Health Center staff members, was at a
meeting of the Council on Student Life
to help clear up confusion over the new
policy statement.
The women on campus are unaware
they can see a physician and that it is his
decision whether to prescribe
contraceptives. Fowler said after the
meeting.
The Health Center should inform
students of what it's actually doing
instead of issuing policy statements that
aren't followed, he added. Fowler said he
plans to meet with the medical director
to try and clarify the Center's position.
Dr. Samuel I. Fuenning, director,
explained to CSL members that a
physician runs the risk of criminal and
civil liability when prescribing medication
for minors.
Because of this risk and controversy
over contraceptives, the new policy
statement limiting prescriptions of
contraceptives was adopted, - Fuenning
said.
"There's a general feeling among a
good number of people that by
prescribing contraception medication you
do promote promiscuity. I don't feel it
does, but I can't prove it," he said.
When CSL Chairman Franklin Eldridge
suggested that the policy statement be
amended so that it would apply only to
those under the age of majority,
Fuenning said he was sympathetic but "I
do recognize the political climate we're in
at this time."
Fuenning said he could refer to the
Center's Executive Committee the
suggestion of CSL member John
Humlicek that the policy include a
statement about the physician's
prerogative.
Several women students told CSL
members that women's needs weren't
being recognized and that denial of
contraceptives can mean unwanted
pregnancies.
Fuenning said he was sympathetic to
the desires of students, and "We're doing
whatever we can within the framework of
the law."
He suggested that students work with
Legislators to change the law. "This
would go a long way in erasing the
controversy surrounding the issue today."
He added that he thinks "a good number
of the Legislators would have a
sympathetic ear."
Members of the University Women's
Action Group began circulating petitions
Monday in support of a more liberal
policy on contraceptives and have about
900 signatures, according to Gail Folda.
The women also will talk in dormitories
about the policy and plan to present the
petitions to the Board of Regents, she
said.
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