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A 13-YEAR-OLD girl who had a contraceptive implant fitted at school without her parent’s knowledge said she did it because she 'felt like having sex.' with her boyfriend.
The statement, from a child under the age of consent for legal sexual intercourse, sparked widespread condemnation of the Government’s teenage pregnancy strategy.
There were also calls for the police to investigate the circumstances surrounding the girl’s well-being and that of her boyfriend if he too is underage.
And without any sense of irony, her mother insisted she was 'proud' of her young daughter although she accused the school of being ‘morally wrong‘ to carry out the procedure without parental consent.
MP Nadine Dorries said: “It’s a sad indictment of our society today that a mother is more concerned about a school not informing her that a 'minor surgical procedure' had been carried out on her daughter without her knowledge, than the fact that her daughter is having under age illegal sex at the age of 13.
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MP Nadine Dorries |
“Sex under the age of sixteen is illegal and it is time the police begin to put in place a law which was made in order to protect children, because that's what 13-year-olds are, children.”
The teenager is one of 33 schoolgirls who have been fitted with the device in Southampton, Hants, as part of a controversial government initiative to drive down teenage pregnancies.
Now she has broken her silence to defend her actions, saying she believes she acted responsibly by taking measures to stop herself getting pregnant.
The girl said: "The implant works really well and I think it is a good service.
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