There was a news recently that even girls under 16 can buy contraceptive pills. I wonder what benefit would that bring?
Obviously this is aimed to decrease the number of teenage pregnancies. On the other hand, the British government has policies to make the single mothers' lives easier. Single mothers are provided with a house, milk and whatever that could ease their responsibilities. When teenage girls see this kind of independent life that seems "cool" and fully supported, how could they be held against doing what they are doing? There is nothing to worry about. Everything is facilitated for them and their babies.
Now selling The Pill to those teenagers is like saying "you are allowed to have sex at this young age, but be careful not to get pregnant". What morals are we expecting these "children" to have. They are no longer living their age of innocence. And that's not to mention the danger of STI and STD.
