The report found little evidence that pregnancy rates were reduced when the local authority and Brook family planning clinics expanded a scheme providing condoms to young people. In some cases, an increase was found.
Sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates among teenagers had increased due to higher diagnosis rates, according to Random Behaviour or Rational Choice? Family Planning, Teenage Pregnancy and STIs. The report used local health authority statistics.
The author of the report, Professor David Paton, who is a member of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, said: "We found that the provision of the morning-after pill on a Monday morning in school had an effect on young people's behaviour on a Friday night, because of its easy availability.
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