Lesley Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 .....for the trial of the morning after pill for 13 year olds? I wouldn't have thought it was the most obvious place to trial it - and a very worrying trend as well, wherever it is trialled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 According to the BBC news site The latest figures for teenage pregnancy on the Isle of Wight show a year-on-year increase - after a gradual decrease in the preceding years - with 96 girls under the age of 18 becoming pregnant in 2008. Not sure how other areas compare to the IOW Maybe it's just much higher than other areas. It is quite a small, contained area, so maybe they can see more clearly if it has an effect on the population, than if was done on the mainland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 So young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 They may be young but if they are active in this way they need help and protection. I would far rather that one of my girls if they couldn't come to me had somewhere to go for help than they should end up pregnant at such a young age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Maybe they should also concentrate on responsible relationships for the young men of the area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Maybe they should also concentrate on responsible relationships for the young men of the area! There should be a lot more " joined up thinking" like, encouraging both the young men and women into responsible relationship behaviour, raising aspiration, so that the don't think that all there is in life is babies.....for both the young men and women, encouraging alternatives to full-on intercourse( i fully accept being modded here, as I understand that young people read this Forum) . However, burying our heads in the sand, and preaching abstinence like the person I heard on the Radio this morning, well...that's not going to work.... My OH used to manage a YMCA hostel, and the amount of young men who had deliberately become fathers aged 16-18 was huge, all because they had never had a father, and wanted to feel like a man, by becoming one. This needs challenging..and in the current financail climate..won' be t!! I think the IOW has a disproportionately higher amount of teen pregnancies, like Great Yarmouth..which used to be the UK ( excluding London) teen pregnancy capital......the things you learn when your OH manages Young People's Services.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Sadly it is shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted isn't it? But a pill is always going to be cheaper than the alternative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Maybe they should also concentrate on responsible relationships for the young men of the area! There should be a lot more " joined up thinking" like, encouraging both the young men and women into responsible relationship behaviour.... Agreed, Sari. Irresponsible male behaviour is precisely 50% of the problem, not 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 When I went there a lot of it is very run down. Perhaps not much else to do apart from play doctors and nurses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 When I went there a lot of it is very run down. Perhaps not much else to do apart from play doctors and nurses. You've obviously not seen my GP...we have bets on how many " snorts" he does per appointment.( suffering from catarrh always..) ...and if it's a wig or not....he has jet black hair..known in our house as a Raven's WIng...plus silver tash and sideburnss.....suspicious!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
