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01/11/2010
Controversial Teen Pill Scheme Launched
A controversial pilot scheme has been launched were teenagers as young as 13 can access the contraceptive pill without parental consent.
The scheme, introduced on the Isle of White, will allow girls requesting the morning after pill to also receive a month's supply of the contraceptive pill.
However further supplies can only be gained by seeing a doctor or a specialist nurse.
Launching the scheme, the Isle of Wight Primary Care Trust will help further reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.
However critics have hit back at the Trust describing the move as "irresponsible".
Tory Andrew Turner, Island MP, said: "We expect parents to take responsibility for their children.
"They are undermined if the NHS hands out contraceptives to girls with no medical examination or consideration of their circumstances.
"Underage sex is illegal and dangerous."
Mr Turner is to discuss the matter further with Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.
Father Anthony Glaysher, Local Parish Priest, said the scheme encouraged promiscuity and was "depraved".
Jennifer Smith, from the Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust, commented: "They are already sexually active, we haven't encouraged them to be sexually active.
"I would suggest that what we're doing is being entirely responsible by providing (contraception to) these most vulnerable women, for whom, for the most part, pregnancy is not a good outcome."
(BMcN/GK)
The scheme, introduced on the Isle of White, will allow girls requesting the morning after pill to also receive a month's supply of the contraceptive pill.
However further supplies can only be gained by seeing a doctor or a specialist nurse.
Launching the scheme, the Isle of Wight Primary Care Trust will help further reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.
However critics have hit back at the Trust describing the move as "irresponsible".
Tory Andrew Turner, Island MP, said: "We expect parents to take responsibility for their children.
"They are undermined if the NHS hands out contraceptives to girls with no medical examination or consideration of their circumstances.
"Underage sex is illegal and dangerous."
Mr Turner is to discuss the matter further with Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.
Father Anthony Glaysher, Local Parish Priest, said the scheme encouraged promiscuity and was "depraved".
Jennifer Smith, from the Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust, commented: "They are already sexually active, we haven't encouraged them to be sexually active.
"I would suggest that what we're doing is being entirely responsible by providing (contraception to) these most vulnerable women, for whom, for the most part, pregnancy is not a good outcome."
(BMcN/GK)
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