Alarming
Rise In Teen Promiscuity And Abortions Linked
To Women's Binge Drinking
The devastating effects of excess alcohol on
young women have been spelled out by a major
study. Binge drinking ‘ladettes’ are 40
per cent likelier to have an abortion. And the
proportion of teenage girls who blame alcohol
for losing their virginity has more than
doubled compared with 60 years ago. The study,
the most extensive of its kind, paints a
disturbing picture of girls having casual,
unprotected sex under the influence of alcohol
which they often regret as soon as they sober
up. It also shows that the number of people of
both sexes drinking to excess has tripled in a
decade. At the same time, official statistics
show that the number of abortions has soared
to make Britain the termination capital of
Europe. Doctors, meanwhile, are seeing more
and more girls wanting the morning-after pill
after a night of drunken, unprotected sex.
Researchers from University College London
examined the alcohol consumption and sexual
activity of almost 25,000 individuals aged 16
to 44 over a ten-year period.