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<ul><li>Extracts from journals/newspaper etc.</li>
<li>Young mums' charter from the YWCA</li>
<li>Press releases from The Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy, Department of Health, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ChildLine, Trust for the Study of Adolescence, Brook, FPA</li>
<li>"Teenage Conception Rate and Audit of GP Sexual Health Services" paper by Edmund Tiddeman</li>
<li>"Choices for Young People" leaflet</li>
<li>Minutes from Social Polarization and Teenage Motherhood Seminar</li>
<li>"Teenage Pregnancy Report by the Social Exclusion Unit: Response from Partnership for Action on Sexual Health", 1999</li>
<li>"Children Who Have Children" A Study by the FPA and Middlesex University with World in Action</li>
<li>Report on the 1987 Survey of Educational Provision for Pregnant Schoolgirls and Schoolgirl Mothers in the L.E.A's of England and Wales</li>
<li>"Pregnancy and Maternity: How Schools Respond" paper by Dr. Miriam David</li>
<li>"Young men, pregnancy and fatherhood" paper by Peter Mish</li>
<li>"Single, Pregnant and thinking about adoption" British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering booklet</li>
<li>"Pregnant at School: Joint Working Party on Pregnant Schoolgirls and Schoolgirl Mothers Summary of Findings and Recommendations"</li>
<li>"Pregnancy in Teenage Girls: Social Class, Marital Status and the Timing of Pregnancy" paper by Gill, Koplick and Illsley, 1968</li>
<li>"The University Hospital and the Teenage Unwed Mother" paper by Philip M. Sarrel</li>
<li>"A Comprehensive Program for Teen-Age Unmarried Mothers in New Haven" discussion paper</li>
<li>Extract from London County Council minutes on illegitimacy and family planning</li></ul>

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