I have two sons  who I absolutely adore. I love going to soccer, baseball and basketball games to root them on. We wrestle and play tackle football in the living room until my wife yells. So the question I get every now and then is whether I wish I had a little girl to go along with my rough and tumble boys. I know without question I would have been an absolute over protective father if I had a daughter. After reading the following article I once again am thankful that I did not have to subject a littler girl to imprisonment until she turned 30 (and even then no guy would have been good enough)

Summarizing the article, it discusses how young ladies in Oxford England can send an sms to the school nurse to obtain a morning after pill. HELLO!!!

Six schools in Oxfordshire are to take part in the project after a rise in the number of teenage pregnancies in the county.

Any girl at four schools in Oxford and two in Banbury will be given the opportunity to ask for emergency contraception if they have had unprotected sex or their contraception has failed. Parents will not automatically be informed of any request.

Child protection staff will step in if any girl aged between 11 and 13 uses the service.

Family and religious groups expressed concerns about the scheme. They also questioned the absence of a limit to the number of times schoolgirls can use the service.

The text messaging service will be introduced in July by Oxfordshire County Council and the Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust, which have refused to name the schools involved.

The service will focus on contact with pupils outside school hours. It will also operate on weekends and holidays, when a nurse will arrange to meet the child to give her the pill.

Read the whole article here

Honestly I think it is a good idea. I am just happy I have two boys. My sympathies to my partner Greg!!

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