Also known as Family and Youth Concern, the trust has a track record of outright opposition to the work of agencies such as Brook and the Sex Education Forum.
In May 2002, it called for the Teenage Pregnancy Unit to be abolished and questioned whether local authorities should "facilitate the sexual adventures of juvenile Lotharios and their Lolitas".
In February last year, it called for benefits to teenage mothers to be reduced and made conditional on their living with their parents or in supervised hostel accommodation.
Three months later, it opposed the creation of a children's commissioner.
Its argument? A commissioner would undermine parents and threaten the autonomy of the family unit.
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