A report from the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has called for every 11 to 18-year-old in England to able to receive advice on contraception, pregnancy tests and screening for sexually transmitted diseases at school, and compulsory sex education.
A sex education booklet aimed at six-year-olds has been published by a UK sexual health charity.
This study set out to identify predictors of comprehensive sex education in public schools.
A study of four abstinence education programmes has found that they do not stop young people having sex.
A Tory MP’s bid to force doctors offering abortion or contraception advice to under-16s to inform the child’s parents has been rejected by MPs.
Parents should be told if under-age girls are given advice on contraception or abortion, says Angela Watkinson.
About 450 Guides are to be trained as ‘peer educators’ to run sessions covering sex, contraception, abortion and abuse, Girlguiding UK has announced.
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