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Legal Update: Access to sexual health services

Elizabeth Yarrow, senior researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, summarises recent research that explores the impact of the law on young people's access to sexual and reproductive health services.

Last year, Coram Children's Legal Centre (CCLC) conducted research into legal barriers to young people's access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. The study, commissioned by the International Planned Parenthood Federation, took an innovative approach to exploring young people's access to SRH services; assessing the extent to which the law, as well as young people's and service providers' knowledge and perceptions of law, intersect with other factors, to restrict young people's choices and practices regarding SRH.

As part of a larger study, research was carried out in three locations across England and Wales: Greater London, Manchester and Cardiff. Young people aged 13 to 24, selected through schools, colleges and youth services, participated in the research. Researchers also interviewed SRH providers and practitioners.

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