CALL FOR SEX JAB FOR KIDS

VACCINATION against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer should be compulsory for girls aged 11 and 12, it's been claimed.

Medical journal the Lancet published an editorial calling for the jabs despite controversy over their use in kids.

There have been claims that the jabs against what is effectively a sexually transmitted infection could encourage under-age sex.

Last week, the EC gave the go-ahead for the anti-cancer vaccine Gardasil to be used in EU member states.

Gardasil offers protection against a virus spread by sexual intercourse that can trigger cervical cancer.

The Lancet said Europe should follow the lead of the US state of Michigan, which last month ruled that all 11 to 12-year-old girls must be immunised.

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