This was unfair, since Bliss never claimed to be presenting a scientifically chosen sample. It simply asked its readers about their experiences, and 2,000 of them replied.
But the report and the ensuing debate did have one extraordinary consequence.
Press Gazette reported the survey and the misgivings, saying: "But according to fpa and Family and Youth Concern, it was not properly weighted to give a representative sample of teenagers."
The extraordinary thing here is that never before have fpa and Family and Youth Concern been bracketed together in the same sentence and agreeing with each other. Fpa, which promotes sexual health and reproductive rights, and Family and Youth Concern, with its concern for moral values, are usually, to put it politely, at loggerheads.
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