Mum refused the morning after pill because it was a Sunday
What the…? A mum was refused the morning after pill after she called up her local pharmacy on a Sunday. The woman said that the person on the phone cited “personal reasons” for her refusal. She told Metro that the person on the phone said that she could wait until the next day to collect […]
7 years ago
Medical card holders no longer need prescription for morning-after pill
‘It’s crucial that all women are able to access it readily.’
9 years ago
Morning after pill to become available without prescription for medical card holders
Women who carry medical cards will be able to get the morning-after pill free without a prescription from this July. The pill is currently available without prescription from pharmacies, but not for medical card holders. Pharmacists have been opposed to this – the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) previously said that only offering emergency contraception without prescription to paying […]
10 years ago
The Morning After Pill Is Now Available For Free To Irish Medical Card Holders
If you are a medical card holder, you will be pleased to hear that emergency contraception is far more accessible to you. In ‘Old Ireland’, the only way a medical card holder could get the morning after pill was with a prescription from their GP or to pay for it outright at the chemist. Now, […]
11 years ago