Kingston Council slammed for 'disgusting' unprotected sex poster

A poster campaign by a council was slammed as “disgusting and offensive” for apparently encouraging women to have unprotected sex on nights out.

Kingston Council’s “get it, forget it” campaign hoped to promote the contraceptive coil - a copper device inserted into the womb that works by stopping the sperm and egg from surviving - but it does not protect against sexually transmitted infections.

The poster, that has been put up across the south-west London borough, read: “You spent the night in Clapham but you left your pill in Kingston, it might be time to consider the coil.”

Objectors said the posters promote promiscuity, do not warn of the dangers of catching an STI, and are giving a dangerous message to young girls.