Morning-after pill set to be made free from pharmacies in bid to end ‘unfair postcode lottery’

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1. Well, that’ll annoy a lot of people.

   Good – reproductive control should be available to everyone

2. Good.

   The people that get upset at this deserve to have a life of misery.

   Conceptive should be available to all.

3. it’s things like this that make me happy to live in the UK i know shit gets crazy sometimes but every now and again they’ll do something like this and il be really very grateful

4. I don’t have a problem with this. People can be so penny wise and pound foolish when it comes to these things.

   The cost of the morning after pill is cheap in comparison to risk of having to support an unwanted child and the other stuff that can come with it (legal proceedings, local authority involvement).

5. On Mothering Sunday too. degenerates know no bounds

6. It’s actually insane it has taken this long. What the hell do they expect women to do??

   Accidents with contraception happen all the time. Missed pills, failed condoms, not to mention rape. About 15 years ago, this pill cost £30! I actually chanced being pregnant (at 15!) because I couldn’t afford it. I would never have had an abortion. It’s such a difficult choice once the embryo develops, people can carry the guilt of an abortion for their entire lives. If they are religious they will carry the baby to term over getting an abortion. And how much more expensive, how much more traumatic!? All over a stupid pill. Still, better late than never.

7. I had to buy this when I was 16. The condom broke. My partner tried to get it for me but they wouldn’t let him so I had to go get it. It was £22 and I had no money but luckily he did. The process was embarrassing enough and the cost was a lot for me at that age. If I couldn’t afford a £22 pill how would I have afforded a possible child? This is a great move. 

   This is also great for people who didn’t consent and didn’t have the opportunity to use other forms of birth control. 

8. I don’t disagree with this, but what’s the unfair postcode lottery aspect of this? Is it easier to access morning after pills based on where you live?

9. Good! Every woman should have reproductive choices in regards to her body.

   I sincerely hope that this increased accessibility can further help women who find themselves pregnant against their own free will.

   I always think about the mother of the three siblings who were abandoned in parks in Newham. Assuming she has very little say in the matter, I hope this initiative can somehow help her too.

10. Always seemed odd that it wasn’t put on the “pharmacy first” list ages ago.

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