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Petition update, 23 August 2007

More details from petition creator

STI’s - 1.5 million new cases are being diagnosed each year

Teenage pregnancy - 41,951 teenage pregnancies in 2002

One in every ten babies born in Britain is to a teenage mother.

Ofsted have stated that sex education is poor and patchy. Many schools have failed the ofsted inspections for sex education.

In many schools form tutors who don't have the right skills are teaching sex education, which leaves youths and the tutor embarrassed.

Everyone deserves the chance to be taught the correct information.

Some people are learning about puberty two to six years after they've experienced the onset!

Some people don't have any sex education at all.

Some people get the information from their friends, media or even by experimenting.

Myths about sex and pregnancy are everywhere. Some people believe that you can't get pregnant if you stand up whilst having sex or if it's your first time! The fact is – you can.

Sex education needs to be compulsory!

Current signatories

Alison Terry, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Philip Hunt
• Daniel Titley
• James Timmons
• Cheryl Ames
• Robin Green
• Jonathan Marten
• jamey spokes
• Shaunagh reddy
• Chris Ryder
• Carrie Mok
• Andrew
• Charlotte Hickie
• Chris James
• Dan Brass
• Kirsty Barrett
• Sarah Crook
• Gabriella Bromley
• Jonathon Reynolds
• Bethan Thomas
• Kirsten Machray
• Grace Robinson
• Damien Ransome
• Grace
• Philip Walsh
• Martin Miles
• Edward Barton
• Pearl Lynden
• Ross Archer
• Chris Proctor
• Tamsyn Hawken
• lois price
• lucy jackson
• daisy morgan
• Amanda Brown
• Richard Hawken
• zobia
• Joe Lewis
• Pollyanna
• Bex haggart
• Jeff Rhys
• Michelle Christian
• Tamara Grundman
• Laura Woodhouse
• Lindsey James
• Dee Golder
• Lucy Tyas
• Sara Taylor
• H. Beaumont
• Clare Huggett
• carrie harris
• Kirsten Elliott
• Hannah Robson
• Anna Novitzky
• Polly Machin
• Holly Bowry
• Khera Missen
• Susan Francis
• Jo Honey
• Cathy Harrison
• Rachael Lee
• kevin wickett
• Noga Cohen
• Elizabeth Hadfield
• Bethany
• Sarah Kiddle
• Shona-Lou
• K S
• Pema Sinclair
• emma lacey
• Toni Cairns
• Jon Quinney
• Emily matthews-miller
• Michaela Noble
• Carla Nutter
• Gabriella Ferrufino
• al_rayyan_
• Sarah M Deller
• Rachel McAlone
• Kim Oldham
• Karen MaGuire
• sabrina smith
• maaww
• Rob Ager
• andras lucan
• Jon Ashley
• shirleyanne henney
• Mike Maybury
• Gemma Vandome
• Martin Hopkinson
• Kerry white
• Shane Swift
• Hilary Windras
• Zoe Stokes
• Angela swift
• Sue Davenport
• Bob MacCallum (starting age 6!)
• Claire Jameson
• Stuart Burton
• Mark Heaton
• Grace Reilly
• Rob Swann
• Karen Swann
• Brian Rossiter
• Caroline Rossiter
• Toni Davies
• Laura McLean
• Lindsey Bell
• Chris Jeanes
• Lucy George
• Janet Birchall
• Vanessa Round
• DIANE WARING
• Sarah Heard
• Luisa Sawyer
• Daniel, Richard Jolley
• Katherine Haynes
• gary dye
• breige o'neill
• terry downing
• Paula Bateman
• Amanda Seddon
• lesley waring
• michelle coia
• Stacey Birchenough
• Kate Murelli
• katrina gowing
• Mary J Carpenter
• Jennie Horton
• Rowena Bruce
• Nick Postill
• Robert Haywood
• Andrea Rosenfeld
• Emma Arrell
• Charlotte Bettle
• Hannah Colgate
• Flora AZULAY
• Hannah Rosenfeld
• Gaby Morris
• Cathy Wogan
• Nicole Taylor
• Vivien Smith
• Marcus Randall
• Amy Allen
• Anna Robinson
• Victoria Chapman
• Francesca Saracino
• Clare Lawson
• Jessica Veal
• Sarah Mitchell
• Andrew Clarke
• April Dunham
• emma tanner
• Tony Brett
• Carl Hesling
• Malcolm Boyce
• Clare Daly
• Sophie Thomas
• Joanne Down
• Emma Cope
• Nick Etherington
• Roger
• Helen Griffiths
• Stephanie Reid
• Lora West
• Heather Blair
• Eleanor Callen
• Glyn Morgan
• Thomas Gill
• Katy Smith
• rebecca hayes
• Rachael Van Lonkhuyzen-Maurer
• corrina smith
• rachael keegan
• Jess Rushworth
• Matthew Newman
• Jenny Horrocks
• Virginia Boyes
• Jessica Pursglove
• stacey bolton
• Rachel Farmer
• Lucy Bianca Peel
• Claire Kelly
• Emily Wootton
• Leonard Osei -Tutu
• Sheli Hudson
• Samantha Mehrlich
• E Smith
• James Simpson
• Eliana Patiniotis
• tracy wallace
• Sue Murphy
• Dawn McAllister
• Ian Cockell
• kerry cooper
• Deolinda Eltringham
• Julian Holland
• Adam Jones
• Becky Canning
• Ian Sweeney
• James Fulcher
• Lorraine Clark
• D Goldthorp
• Emma Williams
• Alex Jackson
• katie ashford
• Sally Rose
• Jessica Preston
• R.maudsley
• Jo-Anna Hoyle
• Elaine Gardener
• Olivia Knowles
• Daniel Holland
• Sarah Grossman
• Lauren Brooker-Kent
• glenville smith
• Ross Mclean
• Claire Glenton
• Kate Holmden
• Cara Brander
• Arthensia
• Angela Tibke
• Wendy Armstrong
• Margaret Walls
• I Am The One In Ten
• Victoria Sattler
• Carla Beard
• lucy turner
• bevelrey heath
• Kirstie Penman
• Eleanor Bagshaw
• Rebecca Myers
• Lucinda Rose
• nicola ledson
• nyaradzo nyekete
• Pamela Breen
• Michael Behan
• Julie Harris
• Melanie Dickenson
• s wilkinson
• Zara Rothwell
• Alice Luck
• Gary Thompson
• Lisa Cooper
• Jennifer Spencer
• rahena
• joanne connor
• Jennifer Roberson
• Pauline Madden
• Stephanie Hardman
• kate waugh
• Amanda Bowles
• Sarah McDonald
• Martin Sahlen
• Mark Berryman
• steve ishmael
• Aylish Campbell
• Nicola Arnott
• Kitty Aston Sterne
• laura davies
• Laura Davies
• DEBORAH SHARPLES
• Martyn Geddes
• sara cahill
• Katherine Taylor
• Jessica Wright
• V Henson
• nicola more
• aLLY pRZEWOZNIK
• K Goldsmith
• Katie Ratcliffe
• Elisabeth Woodley
• CATRINA E LOW
• CAROLE LATHAM
• selina bailey
• Gemma Perry
• Sheila King
• Emma Balme
• Naomi Clarke
• Liana Richter
• Kirsty O'Neill
• Amy Northwood
• E.Millar
• kathryn mcintyre
• Yes; teach them re safe sex and contraception
• Sarah Watson
• Katie Brown
• Allan Hayes
• Jack McCabe
• rebecca grant
• alison bateman
• Charles Etheridge-Nunn
• Allan Shirley
• John R Holmes
• Julie Dymond
• Louise Barfoot
• mikew1
• emma ager
• Claire Webster
• W A Jackson
• D Ubhi
• Deborah Hickling
• Geoffrey May
• Tracy Bagley
• Joanne Woolf