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Secondary schools in England are under fire for giving the morning after pill to girls as young as 11 years old without the knowledge of their parents. Norman Wells, director of campaign group Family Education Trust, obtained the information from the health department under the Freedom of Information Act.
The information shows that, in Oxfordshire alone, school-based health clinics have given 1,081 Plan B pills to schoolgirls in the last six years.
Staff at the more than 1,000 clinics throughout the UK are not required to obtain parental permission before giving girls the drug, which can cause an abortion in some circumstances if taken after conception....
"... there's evidence it may be making matters worse. Confidential school clinics enable boys to put even more pressure on girls to have sex as Mum needn't know anything about it," (Wells) said....
....In June, the British health department showed the number of abortions on young teenagers is up significantly in 2007 compared with the year before.
Across all age groups in England and Wales, abortions appear to have risen 2.5 percent. But the jump in teen abortions is staggering in comparison.
The number of abortions on girls younger than 14 years of age rose 21 percent from 2006 to 2007 -- making it appear more cases of sexual abuse are occurring and resulting in more abortions....
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