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• Lecture: "Why religion will make a comeback"
  10th June 2010
• Lecture: ‘Reducing teenage pregnancy and sexual activity’
  25th March 2010
• Making Babies: a conference on the ethics of Assisted Human Reproduction
  9th December 2009
• Studies/Iona Institute lecture: 'The place of religion within the European Union'
  16th November 2009

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• Lecture: ‘Reducing teenage pregnancy and sexual activity’

Recent and Upcoming Events

On Thursday, 25th March 2010, 8pm, Professor David Paton will deliver a talk called ‘Reducing teenage pregnancy and sexual activity: What works and what doesn’t’.

Professor David Paton holds the Chair of Industrial Economics at the Nottingham University Business School. His research interests include teenage pregnancy. He is a critic of New Labour's policy of promoting contraception among teenagers. His research on the determinants of teenage pregnancy has been discussed in the House of Commons and House of Lords and has been the subject of considerable press, radio and TV coverage.

His talk will be particularly relevant in view of the recommendation of the Law Reform Commission to make contraception available to minors without the permission of their parents.

It will be held in the Davenport hotel, Dublin 2. If you are interested in coming please email info@ionainstitute.ie. Admission is free.