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Daniel Allen A former mental health nurse and freelance journalist

Tabloid wrath over teenage parenthood puts Daniel Allen in a reactionary rage

Teenage pregnancy? Pah. When I was a teenager I was falling off bicycles and camping in the woods, not indulging in hanky panky and getting pregnant. These young scamps today, if they are not spending all day in chat rooms, they are binge drinking and having unsafe sex. No wonder Britain has the highest teen pregnancy rate in Europe.

Nursing Standard. 20, 46, 29-29. doi: 10.7748/ns.20.46.29.s32

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