Girls of 13 given birth control jab at school without parents’ knowledge

[Jazzy]

School nurses have given implants or jabs to girls aged between 13 and 16 more than 900 times in the past two years, a survey by The Daily Telegraph has found. Girls aged 13 have been given contraceptive jabs and implants on more than 20 occasions.



A further 7,400 girls aged 15 and under have been given contraceptive injections or implants at family planning clinics.



Under the patient confidentiality rules, nurses are banned from seeking the permission of parents beforehand, or even informing them afterwards, without the pupil’s permission.



Anthony Seldon, the master of Wellington College, said: “I think that sexual intercourse is the very highest and most mature spiritual relationship that can exist between two human beings.



“Anything that trivialises or treats it as something mundane or easy, particularly for young people, is damaging their ability to grow up and to properly form a loving lasting relationship. It devalues sex, it makes it like an ordinary, everyday thing like going to have a McDonald’s.”



The implants, which prevent pregnancy for up to three years by releasing hormones into the blood, are inserted into girls’ arms. The injections are effective for up to three months.



Earlier this year, parents in Southampton were furious after discovering that implants were being offered to their children.



A survey by The Daily Telegraph using Freedom of Information laws has now found that implants and contraceptive jabs are being offered in schools in Bristol, Northumbria, Peterborough, Co Durham, the West Midlands and Berkshire.



The number of girls given implants and jabs is likely to be higher as many trusts claimed they did not keep records or said releasing information would breach patient confidentiality.



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[Evil Eye]

Should kids that age be having sex? No.

However, that isn't exactly likely to stop them. So, yes, contraceptives should be available. With confidentiality or they won't dare use it.