
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 11, 1991                   TAG: 9104110666
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

D.C. MAYOR SUGGESTS GIVING STUDENTS CONDOMS

Mayor Sharon Pratt Dixon says city officials should consider giving condoms to students of District of Columbia public schools.

"I've always been of a mind that, when appropriate, we ought to also issue condoms or whatever is necessary," Dixon said. "This is a life-and-death issue."

Her comment came amid criticism from some parents and school officials on an earlier proposal by her to reinstitute corporal punishment in the city's public schools. Critics called that statement thoughtless and irresponsible.

Teachers union President William Simons agreed with Dixon. "There is no way we can stop them [youths] from engaging in sexual activities, so we ought to make it possible that they engage in safe sex."

-Associated Press

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