The study by the Office of National Statistics found that 70 out of every 1,000 15 to 17-year-olds in the borough of Lewisham got pregnant between January 2005 and December 2007.
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February 27th, 2009
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February 27th, 2009
A school has been accused of "mind-blowing" political correctness after it staged a homosexual version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet - called Romeo and Julian.
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February 27th, 2009
A school which staged a gay version of Romeo and Juliet ? called Romeo and Julian ? was yesterday accused of ? mindblowing political correctness?.
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February 27th, 2009
The number of girls having abortions has hit record levels as figures show how teenage pregnancies have risen for the first time in five years.
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February 27th, 2009
Pregnancies among girls under the age of 16 have shot up to the highest level in a decade, official figures have shown.
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February 27th, 2009
Spending huge sums on sex education is not the answer, argues Dr Patricia Morgan.
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February 27th, 2009
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O?Connor is on course to become the first Roman Catholic bishop to sit in the House of Lords since the Reformation, The Times has learnt.
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February 27th, 2009
Abortion and embryonic stem cell research are the killing of innocent lives. Euthanasia is the act or omission of killing a human being that seems to not be worthy of anyone?s time.
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February 27th, 2009
Education and responsibility are the only cure for the social blight of teenage pregnancies.
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February 26th, 2009
Adult stem cell research has produced treatments for 73 different conditions, while embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single therapy or helped a single patient.