Teenagers at nine schools in Southampton have been offered contraceptive implants at their in-house sexual health clinics.
The schools are not required to tell parents if their children have had the 4 cm (1.5 inches) tube inserted under the skin of their upper arm, which releases a hormone to stop ovulation.
The Department of Health says that individual schools across England and Wales are able to offer the contraceptive pill to pupils if they want to,
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