... that is a feminist issue, is it not?
Hormonal contraception can have very serious side effects. They are having 13 year old girls injected with them, I'm not sure whether they ask these girls first, if they are actually having sex and wanting sex.
I feel very disturbed by this, it smacks of contracepting girls ready for boys to fuck them without having to negotiate other ways of sexual activity, contraception, consent issues etc. Also where is the protection from sexually transmitted diseases in this approach to tackling teen pregnancy, where is the regard for the girl's long term health, where is the discussion around whether they actually want to be penetrated by boys at this stage of their lives and whether the sex they are having is truly consensual?
Would they inject boys with hormonal contraception with such alacrity?
What do you lot think?
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That school that is implanting girls with hormonal contraception without their parents knowing...
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BasilRathbone · 09/02/2012 11:34
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