Why is an anti-abortion group advising the government on sexual health?

'Life, a group which is opposed to abortion in all circumstances and promotes an abstinence-based approach to sex education, has been appointed to a government advisory group on sexual health. The forum excludes the British Pregnancy Health Service (BPAS), which had a long-term position on the previous advisory group.'

Samira Shackle writes;

Meanwhile, Stuart Cowie, Life's head of education, said he was delighted that the group would have the chance to "represent views that have not always been around on similar tables in the past".

So why did invited Anne Milton, the Public Health Minister, invite a group which opposes the very existence of an abortion law to sit on this panel?
It is difficult not to see this latest move as part of a mission creep of government being opened up to faith-based or pro-life groups.

"We find it puzzling that the Department of Health would want a group that is opposed to abortion and provides no sexual health services on its sexual health forum," said Ann Furedi, chief executive of BPAS.

Read the whole of Samira Shackle's article at The New Statesman >>