"There is a conflict," says Jan Barlow, chief executive of Brook, "between the Government's Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, which aims to reduce pregnancy rates by increasing education and access to services, and the Act, which will make all sexual acts by under-16s illegal."
Brook, a charity that provides sexual health information to young people, turns 40 this week. It was set up in 1964 by Helen Brook, when contraception was only allowed for married women.
A former health care professional and Save the Children worker, Jan Barlow has been chief executive of Brook for the past three years, while the Government's Teenage Pregnancy Unit's 10-year strategy has been up and running since 1999 (see box). Barlow was appointed a member of the unit's Independent Advisory Group last autumn.
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