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‘We Feel Like Having Sex’: U.K. Teen Receives Contraception Implant Without Parental Consent at School

U.K. Parents Not Consulted Before Teen Daughters Receive Contraception Implant

Nexplanon is a form of birth control implanted into the woman's arm.

At least one in 33 teens in Southampton in the U.K. has received a contraception implant without parental consent through a program sponsored by the government designed to cut back on teen pregnancies in the area.

The Telegraph reported yesterday that the mother of a 13-year-old felt not being asked by the school before the birth control was inserted into her daughter’s arm was “morally wrong”, although she does not disagree with the birth control in general. Here’s what the mother, who wished to remain anonymous, said at the time:

“I feel really angry about this.

“I agree that teaching teenagers about sexual health and contraception is very important but this is a step too far.

“To perform a minor surgical procedure on school grounds, without parents knowing is morally wrong.

“I cannot understand how this is allowed to happen.

“Teenagers have the right to protect themselves and she did the right thing by seeking advice but to not be checked after such a procedure is totally wrong.

“I have spoken to a lot of parents at the school and they were horrified to find out this was happening.

“As parents we want to protect our children and I feel that has been taken away from me.”

Today, the teen has spoken about why she didn‘t get her mother’s permission and alludes to the fact that officials didn’t necessarily ask if her mother had consented in the first place:

“I think it has really helped me because if I am with my boyfriend and we feel like having sex, I have the peace of mind knowing that I am OK.

“At the time I didn‘t want to tell my mum because there are some things you don’t want to talk to your parents about.

“But I am glad I have told her now. I‘d rather tell her I’ve had an implant than tell her I was pregnant.

“If I was told I couldn’t have the implant unless I told my mum, I probably would have gone away to think about it and would have eventually got my mum involved.

“But I think there should be the option to have full confidentiality because some children just can’t speak to their parents.

“I do get where my mum is coming from and maybe it shouldn’t be done in school.”

U.K. Parents Not Consulted Before Teen Daughters Receive Contraception Implant

(Photo: Nexplanon)

The Telegraph reports that it was up to schools to inform parents about the offering of the Nexplanon device as part of the initiative by the National Health Service. Here is what a NHS spokesperson said about the issue:

“We have a responsibility to provide a confidential service that ensures young people have access to professional advice and information as well as contraception, if appropriate.

“Full assessments are undertaken to ensure young people are mature enough to understand their choices and are safe.

“School settings offer an opportunity to engage young people in sexual health and relationship information, as part of their overall health and well-being.”

The implant consists of a four-centimeter tube inserted into the female’s arm. The birth control releases hormones to prevent ovulation and only has to be replaced every three years. Nexplanon’s website also states that the hormone thins the lining of the womb so if an egg were to be fertilized, it would not readily implant.

A NHS Solent spokesperson said that the teen’s medical history and her “capacity to consent to the procedure” was reviewed before the implant was inserted.

Comments (63)

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  • fla6166
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:13pm

    13? Is 13 the age of consent in the UK? I guess it is now!

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  • sndrman
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:59pm

    if you tell the kids hey it‘s okay have sex we’re on your side here we‘ll put this thing in your arm so you won’t get pregnant….it‘s the gov’t telling you it‘s okay so when these kids get older they remember that the gov’t was good and took care of them and so they vote the guy who pushes state……….thats all it is..

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    • ICRedifURBlue
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:54pm

      If anyone has sex with my teenage daughter they will end up in jail……….or dead….underage sex is RAPE……and this father will have none of it.

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  • JhanDavis
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:31pm

    This war against parental rights is a blatant example of a social-workers philosophy which is now worldwide: “Your children are not yours, they are the property of the State.”

    You may wish to trace this corruption to national socialist Germany, which is the basis of all UKUSA social programs.

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    • SHOWMESTATEGUY
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:41pm

      Or you could go a little further back in history to 1920′s Russia. You see the fascists and communists are one in the same. Government control.

      The communists always try to paint the fascist as evil, that’s true they are, but coming from a communist it’s like the pot calling the kettle black.

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    • Kuranes
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:46am

      Children are not the “property” of the state or the parents. They are individuals with free will and rights. However, I do agree that parental consent should have been involved as the child mentioned was below the UK age of sexual consent, which is 16 years of age. Even though children should have the right to make decisions about their body, when they are below the age of 16 their parents or caretakers are legally responsible for their well-being, (although do not “own” them) and so parents should have been consulted.

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    • scarebear83
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:51pm

      @ Kuranes So let me ask you, since you think teens at 16 have “free will and rights” despite their parents telling them “no” would you be perfectly fine with them drinking alcohol then getting behind the wheel? Their parents told them no and the government tells them no but they are individuals with free will right? Sorry but at age 16 they are not capable of handling intimate physical relationships much less 13 as demonstrated by the girl who said she “thinks” she should have consulted her mom beforehand.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:13pm

    Hospitals need to have signed consent for any one who needs surgery or from parents when minors are involved, what in the hell does a school have the right to do this without parental consent. I think I would be filling a lawsuit and I would make it quite large to send a clear message this type of behavior is unacceptable. I don’t care if you are trying to prevent teenage pregnancy, it is not your call and it is not your right to do so.

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    • Countrygirl1362
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:21pm

      In the USA they can remove a child from school, regardless of the child’s age, take them to get an abortion and never tell the parents. So much for parent consent.

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    • JhanDavis
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:54pm

      Would have to be a class-action, backed by hundreds of parents hammering the school hierarchy. Bring in the TV crews, if any of them can be found still possessing a sense of honor.

      Remember, we’re up against a malevolent entity here, not people who play by the rules we do.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:09pm

      But since this took place in England, and the people have no rights then the mother has nothing to do but complain to a socialist system that doesn’t really care what she thinks anyway. She now has a sexually active THIRTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER who will do as she pleases without concern whether her Mum approves or not. Her Mum evidently is ok with this little girl screwing whomever she pleases, so who really cares at all????

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  • The Jewish Avenger
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:10pm

    It’s sickly ingenious if you think about it:

    A brand new AIDS can be introduced, Muslim don’t interracial breed then just let the older folk die out in 30 years due to health care and old age… tada! Time to place that temple in place of the palace.

    But nah… No one would EVER do that…

    …right?

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:11pm

      No, but stupid conspiracy theorists will think of it and try to scare the rest of us with their insanity!

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  • geonj
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:04pm

    and without maturity will they use a condom or will sexually transmitted diseases spread out of control in the 13-18 year range.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:13pm

      In England, STD‘s have already spread like wildfire among the teenagers that the government claim aren’t engaging in sex in the first place….They’re trying to solve one problem by allowing another one to grow like crazy!

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  • SHOWMESTATEGUY
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:01pm

    Push the parent out of the way, let the government take over. That’s a major reason the UK and USA are in the shape both are today.

    One of the things the communist know is you have to control the thought and actions of the youth, because the youth are the future. Both countries have some bad stuff coming there way, the governments of both countries have corrupted the youth.

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  • Mikev5
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:57pm

    To me all this says is go have sex at any age as long as you are protected or to hell with morals this world is just a free for all get it as fast as you can morals and being a responsible person doesn’t mean a damn any more.
    List if you remove the consequences of bad judgment you will never learn to be a responsible person.

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  • hamanns
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:54pm

    Teens can’t go to tanning salon without parental consent, but implant is OK?!?
    Well, it is coming soon to public school near you..

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  • BlazingInSC
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:30pm

    I’d like to be a fly on the wall when the girl proudly told her mum — “Hey mum, remember when I got that implant? The good news is that I’m not pregnant, but I have this raging burning sensation in my crotch and these wart like things are starting to form.”

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    • His_Way
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:14am

      19 Million
      STDs are one of the most critical health challenges facing the nation today. CDC estimates that there are 19 million new infections every year in the United States.

      $17 Billion
      STDs cost the U.S. health care system $17 billion every year—and cost individuals even more in immediate and life-long health consequences.

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  • TH30PH1LUS
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:21pm

    LIBERALS, of course, love the fantasy of sex without consequences or commitment.

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  • TH30PH1LUS
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:19pm

    Western Civilization has been cooking this social problem for 100 years or more. We are just now really starting to feel the consequences of disregarding biology and common sense.

    1. The ridiculous elongation of “childhood” and “adolesence” from 13 or 14 y/o (most of human history), stretching it until the 20′s, 30′s… heck I know some people in their 50′s who are emotionally still 16 years old. STUPID!
    2. Human biology has a sexual “alarm clock” inside each of us that goes off in our early teens. Older human civilizations understood this FACT, and thus mentally and emotionally prepared children to take on the FULL RESPONSIBILITIES of adulthood in their early teens, to coincide with our natural biology. At 13 or 14 years, a young man was expected to be able to work, and provide for himself and a family.
    3. Now we have reached the opposite extreme. Couples are waiting so long to “grow up” and get married, that it’s on the outside edge of risk and physical problems to even begin the conception process. STUPID!
    4. We have told every child the lie that they ALL should go to college – dragging out the educational process and loading them with incredible debt. STUPID!
    5. In general Western society worships and praises youth and immaturity, and neglects age and disregards wisdom. STUPID!

    We have reached a fork in the road. It’s time to ask ourselves what we are going to do with the monster we have created in our self-indulgent, backwards society.

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    • JhanDavis
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:02pm

      The sequence you’ve described has played-out again and again throughout our species existence. Each time it happened, it ended badly, with civilization turned to ashes. Now we have the ability to do it ourselves. The question is, can we back away from both the cause and the result before it’s too late?

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:24pm

      Oh, I wouldn’t worry too much. Nature has a way of correcting the problem. When a civilization self-destructs because of one problem or another then nature resets and we are forced to live according to our true natures…..Those we consider to be children are forced to grow up and become adults far sooner than we consider to be normal now (married and having children in their mid-teens) while struggling to make a living in tough times…instead of wasting their lives with childish pursuits. The children of today may be the generation that will fall to those tough time, and wonder what the heck happened to their video games, mindless tv shows, sex without consequences and cradle to grave care by the state. They may learn that this was all a fantasy, and now we must get down to the task of surviving our own folly once again.

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  • BlackCrow
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:17pm

    Coming soon to a school near you!

    “We have to pass this bill to find out what’s in it.” Princess Pilosi

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  • muddpuddle
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:09pm

    Fantastic, the line between God and the ungodly gets bolder every day

    Do you really want what the UK has?

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  • SquareHead
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:04pm

    Home schooling looks better every day.

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    • Bugg24
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:19pm

      Heads would F’n roll! No parental consent, what?! First my daughter then the school administration. No way would I tolerate that.

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    • Mikev5
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:11pm

      What I find very strange is the Mom’s response more like she is miffed than mad she has a defeatist mentality like she has no choice in the matter.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:56pm

    SAD! Britain is killing itself with PC and extreme liberalism. The government is taking control of the kid without parental knowledge or permission. When they gave up their arms they gave up everything.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:48pm

    “At the time I didn‘t want to tell my mum because there are some things you don’t want to talk to your parents about.”
    —————————————————————-
    It was the PARENTS who should have had a talk with the daughter, or at least the mother.
    I will bet the mother talked to her daughter about menstruation.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:55pm

      You get the government you vote for. I have no pity for the mother. When you vote to have the state take care of you cradle to the grave….this is what you get.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:18pm

      Catholics in America are starting to figure that out AvengerK, finally.

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  • kentuckypatriot
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:45pm

    As a mother of a 14 yr old, I’ d beasking my daughter why she is even allowed to have a boyfriend, much less sex at that age. I can now assume that the ‘ Mum ” has not taught morals to her daughter. What a shame.

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  • SREGN
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:43pm

    The government is your mummy now, dear.

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  • FedUpAlready
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:43pm

    I’m concerned with the long term use of this contraception,especially, on the stability of the uterine wall and, tissue after years of thinning. The possibilities of miscarriage, and, life threatening hemmorage of the Uterus with or without pregnancy, have me concerned of the true ulterior motives of the health of the females, or in the savings of ridding teenage pregnancy. The word “Virgin” In Bibical times simply meant young girl, not of Carnal Knowledge. So Mary the Mother of Jesus was a young girl, do we know how young? Even Joseph questioned, the veracity of an immaculate conception, and after, the crucifiction of Jesus, what more has ever been said of the relationship with Mary and Joseph as, husband and wife. I can neither condemn or defend contraception, as there is insufficient information in scripture that I’ve read forbidding contraception, but, ample to forbid Abortion!

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    • JhanDavis
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:19pm

      The injury to young girls is not a factor. It’s all about the money and who gets a cut of it. These people will destroy our youth for money unless they are put out of office.

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  • @leftfighter
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:37pm

    Snide comments aside, this child’s mother should be slightly more concerned that her child wants to have sex AT 13!

    This girl is into puberty, for God’s sake!

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    • joe conservative
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:43pm

      That’s exactly what I was thinking. The fact that she almost seems to be in a “grooming” process seems like a big problem. Most people aren’t even aware of the history behind planned parenthood. This does an awesome job laying it all out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GEYAbSoYxs

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    • FedUpAlready
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:52pm

      Exactly Leftfighter, but, in those days 13 was nearly half of life expectancy, The term “virgin” was that of a young girl of the same age considered to be innocent, but was of child bearing age. Women would not be
      capable of childbirth if, not ready for the responsibility. Although I believe our children have been so dumbed down they could find their own asses without two hands! Sorry!

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  • cessna152
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:36pm

    USA Public Schools to teens:
    -Go ahead and have sex, it’s your right.
    -Go ahead and drink, you’ll eventually do it.
    -Go ahead and experiment with homosexuality, you determine it feels good.

    However, if you read the Bible or wear an American flag you will be expelled.

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    • Airb0rne4325
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:16pm

      Say anything against any of those things and you are a “racist, bigot, homophobe, xenophobe, illiterate redneck”. Not just a parent who wants to save the innocence of the children and have them mature at a more appropriate rate. Not a 13 y/o girl getting the consent (via implant) of the gov’t to go out and have carnal knowledge.

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    • zarina4u
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 8:08pm

      Brillant response.

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  • ForMyKidsVA
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:34pm

    There is a sign in my children‘s pediatrician’s office that states, “if you are under 18 you MUST be accompanied by an adult.”. So if my child can’t go the doctor by himself, and the hospital can’t perform procedures without my authorization on minors, then why are schools allowed to give underage girls birth control and take them for abortions?

    Our school requires a note from a parent for sunscreen and aspirin but abortions and birth control are just fine without my permission? This isn’t just a UK problem.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:47pm

      You keep forgetting….This is the FUTURE of the U.S.A. not it’s present. England has much more control over it‘s SUBJECTS than the American government has over it’s CITIZENS. We are still in the process of conversion from CITIZEN to SUBJECT and if you allow it to happen, it’ll be done in about five more years.

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  • @leftfighter
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:34pm

    What? She just doesn’t want to be punished with a baby!

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:49pm

      Then Mommy needs to tell her little baby that she needs to keep her legs together for a few more years until she grows up enough to know how to make the right choices in life. Anything less is child abuse….

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:33pm

    “As parents we want to protect our children and I feel that has been taken away from me.”
    Be preemptively protecting them?

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:38pm

      Not her point. Preemptive protection… without her knowledge or consent.

      As I said below, she should be more concerned that her child is 13 and having sex.

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