New Row Over Sex Pill for Under 16s

Daily Mail (April 17, 2004)

Author: Graham Grant

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AN INITIATIVE which hands out the morning after pill to schoolgirls has led to a surge in teenage abortions.

Under the trial, 32 chemists have been giving the emergency contraceptive free to girls under the age of 16 for the past two- and-a-half years.

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New Row Over Sex Pill for Under 16s

The initiative is backed by ministers who want to increase the drug's availability to youngsters as part of their radical sexual health reforms.

Last night, as it was revealed that health chiefs are to exten...

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