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Teenage pregnancy rates virtually unchanged in Medway

Teenage pregnancy rates virtually unchanged in Medway

The rate of teenage pregnancy in the Medway unitary authority has fallen just 0.06% since 2001, according to the Office of National Statistics, despite apparent investment from the Labour government.
Two weeks ago, AlanWCollins revealed that 54 ten and eleven year-olds have fallen pregnant since 2002 and also that 300 girls aged 13 and under fall [...]

Labour’s biggest failure: the 15 ten (and 39 eleven) year-olds who have fallen pregnant

Labour’s biggest failure: the 15 ten (and 39 eleven) year-olds who have fallen pregnant

Labour’s biggest failure in tackling one of Britain’s biggest social problems was exposed by The Sun on Monday as figures revealed that, since 2002, 15 ten year-olds have fallen pregnant.
In addition, 39 eleven year-olds have been found to be expecting in the same period of time, and 300 girls of or under the age of [...]

The muddy waters of consent: HIV and the unknown

The muddy waters of consent: HIV and the unknown

Firstly, I apologise for once again returning to the subject of sex on Legal Leanings. Don’t worry, I’m not fixated with it – it’s just that my ‘leanings’ are as much revision notes for myself as they are an open legal exploration for you.
The news this week from Germany is that Nadja Benaissa, a member [...]

The muddy waters of consent: intoxication

The muddy waters of consent: intoxication

Last week, a jury in Winchester Crown Court found 26 year-old Peter Bacon not guilty of rape.
The ‘victim’, a solicitor in her forties, had claimed she had been raped because she was too drunk to have been able to consent to having sexual intercourse. The following morning, she asked if they’d had sex, before shouting [...]

People will sue for anything: the failed orgasm

People will sue for anything: the failed orgasm

We all know the culture of legal action has ensured that law continues to be a lucrative career path.
However, in Brazil in 2005, one woman took the legal action path perhaps a little bit too far.
The 31 year-old, from Jundiai, Brazil, sued her 38 year-old partner after he routinely ended sexual intercourse after himself reaching [...]

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