In England, boys as young as 12 will be handed 'condom cards' allowing them to collect free contraceptives without their parents knowing.
The taxpayer-funded scheme lets them pick up packs of condoms from football grounds, barber shops and health centres simply by showing the plastic card.
The cards are only given to boys who have attended a safe-sex lesson, which government health officials hope will reduce teenage pregnancy and the growing STD rate. They alos think the scheme will persuade boys to take more responsibility for contraception. But family campaigners say it encourages teenage boys to be sexually active before they are ready.
With Britain at the top of the heap as far as European teen pregnancy rates go, this seems like another of those ignore morality and just find a way to bring down the numbers kind of scheme. Given all the other attempts that are costing the tax payer a fortune - and doing very little to help - it's hard to get to excited about condom credit cards...and leads one to wonder why the health brainiacs aren 't looking at the source (home life) to bring Britain back to a country with some kind of moral compass.
Twelve year olds should NOT be having sex, nor should they even be in a position to be able to. I like to call it parental supervision!
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