South African policy on adolescents' rights to access condoms is causing confusion

In 2007, South Africa's new Children's Act came into effect, granting children 12 years and older a host of rights relating to reproductive health, including the right to access condoms. But current policies allow individual schools to decide whether or not to give out condoms -- policies that two researchers, writing in this week's PLoS Medicine, say could damage the health of the country's youth.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news151737927.html">South African policy on adolescents' rights to access condoms is causing confusion</a></p> <p>In 2007, South Africa's new Children's Act came into effect, granting children 12 years and older a host of rights relating to reproductive health, including the right to access condoms. But current policies allow individual schools to decide whether or not to give out condoms -- policies that two researchers, writing in this week's <I>PLoS Medicine</I>, say could damage the health of the country's youth.</p>