Debate: The contraceptive pill

75000 girls between 12 and 15 are put on the contraceptive pill each year. That's a 50% rise in a decade.

One in 20 schoolgirls – many as young as 12 – are now being prescribed the contraceptive pill by GPs without their parents’ knowledge.

The study found that family doctors are handing out the Pill to about 75,000 girls under 16 every year.

Dr Hilary joined us to discuss the findings, telling GMB: "It is illegal but it isn't going to stop people under 16 having sex. If they are going to have sex anyway surely it's better - many people would say - to be protected against unwanted pregnancies."

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We need better quality sex education in schools. If teenage girls and boys are aware of the risks and the pros and cons of underage sex then we're going to have less problems in the future.