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British schoolgirls to get free morning-after pills, condoms (see pics)

London: Alarmed at the growing number of unwanted pregnancies in teenage British girls, the department of health has issued new guidelines for schools to give free morning-after pills and condoms to teenage girls.According to new



“It is really important that sexual health services offering information and advice can be found in places where young people have access to them,” professor Mike Kelly, director of the centre for public health at Nice, was quoted as saying.

Condoms should always be provided in addition to other forms of contraception to cut the rate of sexually-transmitted infections, Nice suggested.