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Teenage access to contraception

March 24, 2010

The Iona Institute has made a submission to the Law Reform Commission in response to its recent consultation paper ‘Children and the Law: medical treatment’. The submission is written by Professor David Paton of Nottingham University.

Click here to download Professor Paton's Powerpoint presentation on the topic.