In this issue: AGM and Conference New sexual orientation regulations place severe constraints on freedom of conscience How the regulations were railroaded through Parliament A vote too far Unicef report highlights importance of family structure for the wellbeing of children Popular education publisher trivialises child abuse in new book for schools Book review: The Fragmenting …
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 …
New PCT pill scheme places vulnerable young people at risk
Family Education Trust has condemned as ill-judged and grossly irresponsible plans by North Tyneside PCT to use taxpayers’ money to provide children as young as 13 with free morning-after pills from local pharmacies over Christmas and on into the New Year. Family Education Trust Director Norman Wells said: ‘This new scheme is undermining the law …
Government must abandon plans to impose discriminatory regulations
New sexual orientation laws need to show more respect for freedom of conscience. As the transitional Northern Ireland Assembly prepares to debate a motion on the sexual orientation regulations at Stormont today, the Family Education Trust is calling on the government to abandon its plans to impose the controversial new laws on the people of …
Bulletin 126: Winter 2006/2007
In this issue: Sexual orientation regulations seek to force public approval of homosexual practice Unease about children’s database continues to grow Children’s database: quotable quotes The children’s list that will do more harm than good Dutch myths discarded by Teachers TV Flagship sex education programme fails to reduce teenage pregnancy rates Growing up …growing wise …