Poland Teenage pregnancies soar as church looks the other way

1 Jun 2010 |

‘IPS’ reports that according to official figures more than 20,000 Polish girls below the legal age of consent give birth each year while the estimate of illegal abortions is around 100,000. The article asked different experts from sex educators to sociologists and many have cited the influence of the church in education as reasons for poor or non-existent sex education in schools.

Source : IPS News