One in seven schoolgirls admits the cervical cancer jab could lead to them becoming more promiscuous, a survey has found.
They say they are more likely to take sexual risks in future because they are protected against the sexually transmitted HPV virus, which causes 70 per cent of cervical tumours.
Family groups expressed concern that the nationwide vaccination programme for 12 to 18-year-olds will lead to a rise in sexual infections because girls may think it protects them against all diseases.
There were also fears it would lead to a rise in the rate of teenage pregnancy – already the highest in Western Europe.
Critics say Kevin Jennings is too radical for the job of director of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, citing what they say is his promotion of homosexuality in schools, his writings about his past drug abuse and his onetime contempt for religion.