"Gardasil is almost 100% effective against Human Papilloma Virus, the main cause of cervical cancer, which can be fatal, and genital warts. It is now being prescribed in Britain , with calls for the 'wonder drug' to be administered wholesale to school-girls. Cervical cancer charity Jo's Trust has called for a nation-wide programme of vaccination in secondary schools to be launched by the end of the year, even though no tests have been done on girls of that age and long-term side-effects are as yet unknown.

The use of the vaccine which prevents cervical cancer has been condemned by a Christian prayer and lobby group."
Stephen Green, National Director of Christian Voice, said today:

'The best way of not getting cervical cancer and genital warts is to stay a virgin and marry a virgin. Why don't these officials want young people to do that? Why don't we raise their expectations and ours and treat them with some respect?' (Christian Voice)Madness.

I saw Alice, a sixteen year old girl, this morning. She is not a tart. She is a schoolgirl. She has not been able to have a Gardasil immuisation because of prudery and government delay (Patricia saving pennies again) and now she cannot even get contraception.

Yesterday afternoon, after school, Alice had intercourse with her boyfriend. The condom split.

This has not happened to her before. She went to the local chemist to get the "morning after pill". The well known high street chemist that she visited charges £25 to provide one levonorgestrel pill. (Levonelle 1500)

Alice is a school girl. She is hard up. She did not have £25 and nor did her boyfriend. Together, they could only raise £11.

Alice's parents do not know she is sexually active. In fact, they think she is not. She was nervous about coming to the family doctor because I know her parents. And her sister. However, she is a sensible girl, and realised that it was essential that she got the morning after pill so she set off to school very early this morning and was waiting at the door of the surgery when I arrived.

In 2006 there were approximately 194,000 abortions in the UK, nearly five percent more than the prior year.

Contraception is supposed to be free in the UK. Chemists are allowed to sell the morning after pill without prescription to make it easier for young girls like Alice to get help.

And it is easier.

If they can afford it.

Utter madness.Labels: gardasil, morning after contraception. Posted by: Dr John Crippen    Source

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