Peru offers free morning-after pill to avoid unwanted pregnancies
Source: Xinhua
Peru offers free morning-after pill to avoid unwanted pregnancies
Source: Xinhua 2016-08-24 04:55:50
LIMA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Peruvian government will distribute an oral contraceptive for free in all the country's hospitals to avoid unwanted pregnancies, Health Minister Patricia García confirmed Tuesday.
This decision comes after a recent court ruling which orders the Health Ministry to distribute the pill to women living in Peru's poorest areas.
Speaking during a visit to a hospital in Lima, Garcia said the government would respect the decision and make the pill available for free to all within 30 days.
The ruling by the First Constitutional Court of Lima means that many poor women will have access to the emergency contraceptive, which is predicted to improve their health and their families' quality of life.
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niyad
(112,424 posts)gestational slavers.
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progree
(10,864 posts)like Plan B and Ella, available for free (no out of pocket costs). But maybe it doesn't quite work out that way?
I realize in lots of states they do everything they can to make it difficult or impossible for women to access reproductive health care.
niyad
(112,424 posts)because of their "conscience". and if that is the only pharmacy in the area. . . .
progree
(10,864 posts)niyad
(112,424 posts)on everyone else!!