New York schools sued over pregnancy tests.New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. school administrators forced several eighth-graders to be tested for pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely last school year after skipping school to go to a party where some students allegedly had sex, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a lawsuit. The Associated Press reported that about 10 girls were told they could not return to Intermediate School 164 without a doctor's note after attending the so-called "hooky party." The New York Civil Liberties Union The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is one of the nation's foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. Founded in 1951 as the New York affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, it is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization with six chapters and nearly defends the girls' rights of privacy. "Different people have different views of what happened, and we will respond appropriately in court," Schools Chancellor Joel Klein was quoted as saying. |
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