Printed from: https://www.cmf.org.uk/news/?id=129
The story that schoolgirls will be able to request the morning-after pill by text message to their school nurse made some front pages today.
Six schools in Oxfordshire are to take part in a pilot project after a rise in the number of teenage pregnancies in the county. Any girl at four Oxford schools and two Banbury ones will be able to receive health advice and education, including receiving a prescription for emergency contraception, without face-to-face consultation. Parents will not automatically be informed of any request.
Child protection staff will intervene if any girl aged between 11 and 13 uses the service, but of course the anonymity of texting makes policing difficult if not impossible.
CMF was quoted in The Times and the Daily Telegraph
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