Wednesday 6 August 2008
Brook responds to Royal Economic Society report on compulsory schooling laws
Responding to the report released today (6 August) by the Royal Economic Society, Staying in the classroom and out of the maternity ward? The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage birth, Simon Blake, Brook’s Chief Executive, said:
“Keeping young people at school until they are 18 would not alone reduce teenage pregnancy. Every young person must have access to good quality education, including sex and relationships education, throughout their schooling life – it is the content and the quality of that education that will help to empower young people to make the choices that are right for them about their own sexual health.”
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Brook is the UK’s leading provider of sexual health services and advice for young people under 25. The charity has more than 40 years’ experience of working with young people and currently has a network of more than 50 services in 18 areas of the England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Jersey.
Brook services provide free and confidential sexual health information, contraception, pregnancy testing, advice and counselling, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and outreach and education work, reaching more than 200,000 young people every year. www.brook.org.uk
