The quantity of underage youngsters becoming prescribed the contraceptive pill has elevated 50 per cent in a decade, a new research reveals.
Figure reveal one in twenty ladies underneath the age of consent are currently being prescribed the Pill by their GPs, the Mail On Sunday has revealed.
The examine has been performed by researchers at King’s School London employing official GP prescribing information.
It showed the number of girls aged 12 to 15 becoming prescribed the Pill rose from 3.three per cent in 2002, to 5.two per cent in 2011.
The figure has grown from 50,000 girls to 75,000, the paper reports.
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Dr Asia Rashed, of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at King’s School London, who led the examine, advised the paper: “I was amazed by the figure. 5 per cent is high.”
Adding: “Governments want to prevent unwanted pregnancies – and underneath 16s are sexually energetic.”
Last month the Telegraph revealed much more than 33,000 women underneath the age of consent have been offered contraceptive implants and injections on the NHS over the previous 4 many years.
Official figures obtained by the Telegraph show the extent to which NHS sexual wellness clinics are providing “long-acting” contraceptives to women aged 15 and below – even although below-age sex is illegal. The implants and injections are provided with no the need for parental consent.
The figures, compiled by the Government’s Overall health & Social Care Data Centre (HSCIC), show that five,400 girls below sixteen have been offered the contraceptive implant in the 12 months ending March 31 2014. Of those, one,800 were aged 14 or below.
In the same time period, 3,000 teenage women aged 15 and underneath obtained a hormonal injection to avert pregnancies. Of individuals, 800 had been just 14 and underneath.
In total, over the past 4 years, the NHS dispensed contraceptive implants to 21,700 ladies who are legally as well youthful to have sex, even though a further twelve,100 women underneath sixteen had been given injections – a complete of a lot more than 33,000.
A single in twenty underage youngsters on the Pill
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