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Originally Posted by Lilly
I find it odd that school staff are not permitted to remove a splinter or administer paracetamol without a parent's prior consent but they can arrange abortions for their young charges behind their parent's backs.
Something is very wrong.
We should be doing all we can to discourage under 16s from becoming pregnant in the first place.
It's never them that has to stump up the cost, is it?
It's always their parents or the state.  |
A good post Lilly, 'tis difficult just where to lay the responsibility.
Problem is that nature tells a girl's body as young as 12 that she is ready to conceive (although not medically the best time), but socially not acceptable. Nature laws fighting social laws. I do think that it's mostly up to parents to accept that young girls do have sexual feelings and if it means shoving a condom in their school bags along with their lunch boxes, then so be it.
The school clinic is good too, as they can seek more professional advice.
It is strange though Bernie though isn't it, that with more information available doesn't appear to improve the situation, maybe as Blazey has said 'too much cotton wool sometimes'