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Stop the buggers breeding!
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:40 pm
by Gob
Morning-after pill made free at pharmacies in Wales
Emergency contraception can now be obtained without charge from pharmacies across Wales.
Community pharmacists in Wales can also give the "morning-after pill" to under-16s, if clinically appropriate - a move that has angered campaigners.
Some GPs have warned about "missed opportunities" to educate young women about sexually transmitted diseases.
Ministers said pharmacists had a vital role in reducing unwanted pregnancies.
Parts of Wales have some of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the UK.
Community pharmacists will also be able to give the morning-after pill to under-16s
Health minister Edwina Hart announced the move last November, saying she wanted professional advice available without appointment and "easily accessible within the 72-hour time span necessary for emergency contraception to be most effective".
The morning-after pill is free to women across the UK if it is prescribed by a GP or family planning clinic, but Wales is the first nation to offer emergency contraception without charge on the high street.
The change will affect 700 pharmacies, with the new system being rolled out from 1 April.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12926180
Re: Stop the buggers breeding!
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:33 am
by loCAtek
What a daft idea! You know, the only way you'll get them to take is with a free pint!?
Re: Stop the buggers breeding!
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:49 pm
by Daisy
Gob wrote:
Parts of Wales have some of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the UK.
Many of these are deliberate. Council flat, housing benefit and a meal ticket for not working until their bloody spawn are in secondary school is not a disincentive for having babies.
Re: Stop the buggers breeding!
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:05 pm
by Crackpot
But how are they going to get the sheep to take them?
Re: Stop the buggers breeding!
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:28 pm
by rubato
Gob wrote:Morning-after pill made free at pharmacies in Wales
Emergency contraception can now be obtained without charge from pharmacies across Wales.
An excellent idea.
We should do the same.
Although the only states with significantly high teen pregnancy and births rates are the most conservative and most 'christian' ones now .
Very difficult to get Christians to go along with anything which isn't sadistic or stupid.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Stop the buggers breeding!
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:28 pm
by Gob
Daisy wrote:Gob wrote:
Parts of Wales have some of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the UK.
Many of these are deliberate. Council flat, housing benefit and a meal ticket for not working until their bloody spawn are in secondary school is not a disincentive for having babies.
I'd say most rather than many...
However, it does not give further emphasis to take away those "rights", seeing as pre conception and post conception contraception is available, free, there should be no pandering to the meal ticket spawners.