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Fury over Bill on reproductive health

A sample of condoms in the market. A new Bill seeks to provide contraceptives to adolescents.  [PHOTO: file/STANDARD]

A proposal in a Bill seeking to provide children as young as 10 years with condoms and birth control pills has sparked outrage. 

That parental consent is not mandatory for the children to access the contraceptives has intensified opposition to the Reproductive Health Care Bill 2014, which is before the Senate.

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