Spike in teen stds and pregnancy with morning-after pills

The article discusses UK governments reevaluate government-backed efforts to provide emergency contraceptives as rates of pregnancy and STDs unexpectedly rise.

I’m no psychologist, but it seems to me a near truism that removing [the threat of] consequences doesn’t change behavior (or hearts).

Related: If you sell Christian faith as (just or primarily) freedom from hell, don’t be surprised if people’s lives don’t change.