LONDON, Jan 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Britain’s Daily Telegraph commences an alarming article today noting that “Girls as young as 11 will be able to obtain the morning-after pill from school nurses without their parents’ permission.” The move to allow the school nurses to hand out the abortifacient drugs without parents even knowing was proposed as a scheme to counteract the soaring rates of teen pregnancy. The news has sparked outrage among religious groups and parents who criticized the move saying it put children in danger and gave them the wrong message – encouraging sex outside marriage.
See the coverage in the Telegraph and BBC at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000142592815120&rtmo=qxpxdKL9&atmo=rrrrrrrq&pg=/et/01/1/8/npill08.html https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1106000/1106112.stm