To suggest that these figures represent a failure, as some voices in themedia have done, is completely inaccurate. Good progress is being madeand as a result fewer young women are experiencing the adverse effectsof early unplanned pregnancy on their education, health, and employmentopportunities.
However, there is still no room for complacency and the Government couldsupport progress by ensuring they continue to protect young people'sright to confidential advice, and by making sex and relationshipseducation a compulsory part of the curriculum.
Jan Barlow, chief executive, Brook Advisory Centres.
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