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 …
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, …
Bulletin 129: Autumn 2007
In this issue: SEAL: Concerns mount over ‘large-scale psychological experiment on young people’ Children’s right to confidentiality trumps parental responsibility and the age of consent, says GMC Parliamentary Committee decides fathers are dispensable Under-18 abortions continue to rise The last word on abstinence? Northern Ireland High Court ruling has implications for freedom of speech throughout …
Bulletin 128: Summer 2007
In this issue: Realism and optimism at annual conference Prospects for family policy under Gordon Brown Local reports Family Life Award The role of the family in preventing youth crime The Fragmenting Family: Is the family just a social construct? FYC accused of immorality by British Humanist Association Children’s commissioner rebrands as 11 Million Review …
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 …