Teenage pregnancy: UK doubles down on failed policy
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By Tom O'Gorman, Iona Institute
The story about 13 year old girls being given contraceptive implants without their parents' knowledge drew the usual justifications from the usual suspects.
Natika Halil of the Family Planning Association said the provision of contraception to young people was “a vital part of the Government’s strategy to reduce teenage pregnancy rates in the UK which are amongst the highest in Europe”.
There is only one problem with that argument: the British Government's strategy of making contraception more widely available to teenagers has been a colossal failure.
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