teenage sex and pregnancy

Catholic governors refuse cancer jabs
The Times (London), 25 September 2008
Roman Catholic school is refusing to allow 12 and 13-year-old girls to be immunised against cervical cancer on its premises.

Sex education for six-year-olds
BBC News, 18 September 2008
A sex education booklet aimed at six-year-olds has been published by a UK sexual health charity.

Horror over schools sex pamphlet for 6-year-olds
The Times (London), 18 September 2008
Country’s biggest sexual health charity publishes comic-style booklet to encourage earlier discussion of the facts of life.

Parents may boycott cervical cancer jabs after MMR controversy
The Times (London), 4 September 2008
Girls aged 12 will be inoculated from today in a nationwide schools programme against a virus that can cause cervical cancer.

Parental failure to confront the problem is to blame for abortion statistics
The Times (London), 19 June 2008
Sex education is lacking and schooling does not reach the required standards - but the real cause is a lot closer to home. Analysis by Rosemary Bennett.

Human papilloma virus: parental crime
The Times (London), 28 April 2008
The flat-earthers who deny the HPV vaccine to their teenage daughter are guilty of neglect. By Melanie Reid.

20 per cent of parents ‘block cancer jab’
BBC News, 24 April 2008
A new vaccine for girls to prevent cervical cancer was rejected by 20 per cent of parents during a trial, a study says.

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