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Official numbers reveal UK girls pregnant at 10

Official numbers out of the UK reveal that girls as young as 10 are getting pregnant.
The U.K.’s newspaper The Sun has revealed that in the last eight years, at least 15 girls aged 10 and 39 girls aged 11 became pregnant in England and Wales.
The Sun received its data through a Freedom of Information request, [...]

Funding for abstinence-only programs lacking in US sex education plan

Funding for programs aimed at teaching abstinence-only approaches to sex education is non-existent in the new federal budget, but proponents hope that funding will be found in the health-care reform legislation.
The days of former President George W. Bush’s generous funding to programs that stress that teens wait to have sex until they’re married may be [...]

Some see sperm in town’s new logo

Some people claim that the new logo in a north Devon resort town looks like a sperm.
The resort town of Ilfracombe in Devon needed to rebrand the tourist area with the hope of giving it new appeal in tough economic times. Yet some people say the rebranding effort went astray with a swirl over the “i” [...]

13 year old dad - Teenage pregnancies now at highest rate in a decade

Earlier this year, Alfie Patten was thought to have become a father at 13 but the baby turned out not to be his. DNA tests later showed that another teen was the father.
Now a 13-year-old boy, (Only just a teen) is set to become one of the UK’s youngest dads after his 14-year-old girlfriend has [...]

Scottish secondary schools to soon offer sex education clinics

Clinics will offer free condoms and pregnancy tests to students under the age of 16 in an attempt to curb teenage pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
Following on the heels of a Family Planning Association (FPA) report measuring teenage pregnancy in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Scottish government has revealed a [...]

UK Releases Shocking Advert To Prevent Teen Pregnancy

The UK’s Health Service has released a new advertisement in an attempt to prevent teen pregnancy.
The advert realistically shows a schoolgirl on a playground in labor, she is screaming surrounded by a crowd of students. It finishes with the website Hey Babe flickering across the screen.
It is hoped that the shocking advert will help get [...]

Boy Becomes Father At 13

13 year old Alfie Patten’s become one of Britain’s youngest fathers after his 15 year old girlfriend Chantelle gave birth to their daughter Maisie.