Government plans to reduce the cost of the morning-after pill or make it free for all women
The minister plans to expand access to barrier contraception.
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The minister plans to expand access to barrier contraception.
On the referendum, Varadkar said women should be trusted in the first 12 weeks of their pregnancy.
The pharmacy chain has been criticised over the price of its emergency contraceptive pill.
Up until 2011, anyone who needed emergency contraception had to attend a doctor in order to get a prescription.
Pharmacists have argued that prescription requirements limited medical card holders’ access to the contraceptive.
EllaOne can be taken up to five days after unprotected sex.
While nine per cent say they use natural methods.
The EU is to investigate if emergency contraception is less effective in women weighing 80kg or more.
Revelations that emergency contraceptives were bring sold without a warning that their effectiveness could be compromised in women of a certain weight underlines the lack of holistic education about contraception and sexual health, writes Alison Begas.
Irish women have been actively demanding the freedom to choose when or if they become pregnant for over 40 years; a great deal has changed regarding contraception, but have we come far enough? asks Fiona Dunkin.
The judge ruled that current restrictions requiring teens to obtain a prescription were “politically motivated” and “scientifically unjustified”.
An Irish girl recalls her experience of deciding to have a termination – and her relief that she was away from home.
Just over one year ago the rules for getting the morning-after pill in Ireland were relaxed. Alison Begas looks at what this change has meant for women.
The Dublin Well Woman Centre has seen a significant drop in the number of people attending for STI screening.
Survery by the Irish Pharmacy Union says that 85 per cent of pharmacists polled have been asked for the drug since mid-February.
Medical Independent obtains figures which reveal the cost of free emergency contraception to the Health Service Executive.