Friday 13 April 2007

Schools handing out morning after pill to under-age girls backed by Ofsted

The controversial decision for schools to provide under-age girls with emergency contraception has been endorsed by education watchdog Ofsted.
The schools inspectorate said that school nurses who administered hormone injections and the morning- after pill to girls who had sex without condoms were performing a "valuable service".
In a report which enraged traditionalists, Ofsted said more schools should provide such facilities as part of moves to cut teenage pregnancy rates.

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