Parents are an untapped resource in sex education

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Rachel G Pryke, general practitioner (drpryke@inglewood.fsnet.co.uk)

Winyates Health Centre, Redditch B98 0NR

EDITOR—It is almost 20 years since Victoria Gillick tried to force doctors to obtain parental consent before treating children. Paradoxically her legacy was to remove any parental role in the provision of contraception for young people.

Britain now has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe and the second highest in the world. Government led attempts to reduce it have focused on endless teenage initiatives, providing ready access to free contraception …