The vigorous promotion of the ‘morning-after pill’ to girls under the age of 16 by Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) is misguided and owes more to sheer desperation or blind ideology than to any research evidence, according to a new report issued today by the Family Education Trust. Data obtained by the Family Education Trust under …
Category «Press Releases 2007»
New leaflet for secondary pupils spells out benefits of saving sex for marriage
Saving sex for marriage is a positive and realistic choice for young people, according to a new leaflet from Family Education Trust that is currently being mailed to every secondary school in the UK. The Trust’s director, Norman Wells commented: ‘We are convinced this leaflet contains a message that today’s teenagers desperately need to hear, …
Changes in sexual behaviour hold the key to preventing HPV transmission
Human papillomavirus (HPV) was once relatively unknown, but as a result of a vaccine becoming available, the profile of this highly infectious and very important sexually transmitted infection has increased rapidly over the past year. HPV is the cause of almost all cases of cervical cancer, with just two types of the virus causing around …
Saved sex & parental involvement – essential components of sexual health strategy
In an editorial accompanying the publication of the outcomes of the SHARE sex education programme in this week’s British Medical Journal, Lecturer in Healthcare Ethics at St Mary’s University College and Family Education Trust trustee, Dr Trevor Stammers, suggests that unless the wider social influences affecting early sexual debut are taken into account, contraceptive promotion …