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Extracts from the health education film 'Loving and Caring' that shows the pressures that young people are under to have sex. Currently doctors are allowed to prescribe contraceptive pills to girls under sixteen without parental consent but campaigner Victoria Gillick wants this practice stopped. Shot of Victoria Gillick taking her campaign to Downing Street (ITN). Shot of a female GP talking to a girl (with her back to camera). Shot of young people at a disco. Interview with the Nottingham GP Doctor Bernard Spilsbury about the difficult position that doctors find themselves in over the issue. Close up shots of a packet of contraceptive pills. Interview with Doctor Margaret Birchall who is a GP in Beeston and a member of the Christian Medical Fellowship. She talks about the potential dangers of the pill and underage sex and why she objects to prescribing the pill in these situations.
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