[andrewb]

At the end of the day we should be trying to sort out the problems of underage sex. 13 is really young. However on the other hand, these social problems can't be sorted overnight so we need safeguards against pregnancy and STD's, hence the free condoms to young people works well.

Therefore im for using the free condoms as a short term solution, but I don't think it should be a long term one.

While we're at it, the advice centre in Accrington is only open like 3/4 days a week and not open at all at weekends. I think this is rather daft because theres no point having free condoms ect if youngsters can't get hold of them when they might need them. Are they under some illusion that young people don't have sex at weekends?

I'm not sure if the morning after pill is available in Accrington, perhaps it is from that advice centre but again rather useless if you can't get hold of it immediately. I know for a fact some people couldn't afford the £25 it costs from a pharmacy and for the sake of £25 it is much much better to prevent pregnancy in my opinion.