It’s in an interview 20 minutes that the Minister of Health François Braun made this announcement: the morning after pill will be accessible “free of charge and without a prescription, at any age”.
A measure which will be included in the Social Security Financing Bill for the year 2023.
At the moment, only minors can have access to this method of emergency contraception free of charge and without prescription at the pharmacy, center of sexual health, but also with the school infirmary in the colleges and high schools, as well as in the preventive medicine service of the university. For ages 18-25, the morning after pill it is reimbursed with a doctor’s prescription.
“We had to fight against their difficulties in accessing emergency contraception, because we know that its effectiveness is maximum within 24 hours of being reported to be at risk of pregnancy”insisted the Minister of Health a 20 Minutes.
A measure that the minister proposes and defends regarding threats to sexual and reproductive rights Worldwide. He also recalled that he supports the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Constitution.
An announcement to be taken with tweezers
Close Info FranceCaroline Rebhi, co-chair of Family Planning, praised “ good news for the advancement of rights “, But show caution about this announcement and the questions it raises: what about anonymity when do you come to ask for emergency contraception?
“We will have to see whether or not there is a need to pass a vital card for older women “, He adds, before insisting on other already common brakes: judgment in certain pharmacies, reflections or indiscreet questions, as well as the ideas received about taking the morning-after pill.
Facilitate access to STI screening
The Minister also intends to intervene better screening for sexually transmitted infections :
“The screening of STIs will be free and without prescription up to the age of 26, for young people, who are part of the population most affected by these infections. Currently, this screening is only free for HIV. “
François Braun insists the increase in cases of sexually transmitted diseases, especially among young people. Between 2017 and 2019, Public Health France recorded a 29% increase in diagnoses of chlamydial infectionaccording to The world early 2022:
“This increase is more marked among women between 15 and 24 years (+ 41%) and among men between 15 and 29 years (+ 45%). The number of gonorrhea diagnoses increased by 21% over the same period. “
Often asymptomatic diseases, of which many people are unaware of the health consequences. With the pandemic and the various confinements, the number of screenings has also decreased significantly. It is therefore a question of improving information and prevention on sexually transmitted diseases and their transmission.
This year, an Ifop survey conducted on the occasion of Sidaction showed a number of persistent ideas among 15-24 year olds about means to protect themselves and their partner: almost one in five young people mistakenly believe that the morning after pill prevents transmission of HIV.
Source: Madmoizelle
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