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A 15-year-old girl attends a Perth general practice alone and asks for the contraceptive pill. She explains accurately how it works and why it must be taken daily. She then says that her 24-year-old netball coach has been having sex with her for the past three months, that she wants the relationship to continue, and that nobody has forced her. She becomes tearful and asks you to promise to tell no one, saying her parents would throw her out. Which one of the following actions is required of you now?
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