This article focuses on the controversial practice of dispensing birth control in public schools. Minors' constitutional right to contraception is described. This article explores the way in which the federal government frames teen pregnancy as a public problem with a public policy solution. The differences in state laws governing the practice of dispensing birth control in public schools are described. The history, funding, and scope of school-based health centers is explored. The debate over promoting the Title V abstinence education program versus dispensing birth control in public schools is included.