[Stoat]

From the article:

One 16-year-old pupil, who would not be identified, said: "You can go and see the nurse at lunch or break. You can get bags of condoms or the morning-after pill if you need it. As far as the students are concerned, it's no big deal. People can go on a daily basis. Quite a few of my friends go - it's pretty popular."

Her 42-year-old father said: "A lot of parents will be shocked, not knowing if their children have had these pills. To be honest, to hear about this is disgusting. I didn't know this sort of thing was going on."

See also this FR thread from January 2006:

Thousands of 13-Year-Olds Given Abortifacient Morning-After Pills without Parents Knowledge

[Stoat]

Ping

[MHGinTN]

The nanny state takes over ...

[raftguide]

Yet the authorities probably still hold parents responsible for their children’s misbehavior even though they have defacto-ly removed their parenting rights from them.

[mc6809e]

How dare they interfere with God’s plan to turn these 13- year olds into baby-making-machines.

[Marie]

I'm shocked that none of the parents expressed concern about the potentially dangerous side effects of these pills.

At the beginning of the year (here in the US) I had to sign a waver allowing the school nurse to give my kids Tylenol and Motrin. Why isn't the school required to notify parents before dispensing a much more serious drug??

[Eepsy]

I’m against the morning after pill, but don’t you need some serious follow up appointments after taking it to avoid the chance of an ectopic pregnancy? Who’s following up these girls, who probably haven’t even been told the risk? Are they going to wait till some poor girl drops dead from a burst fallopian tube?