Women are taking control of their own fertility

Women are finally being trusted to take control of their fertility by being able to simply pick up the morning-after pill at the chemist, writes Áilín Quinlan

GETTING the morning-after-pill has never been easier. Only a few months after the Government decided medical card holders should be able to get it free of charge without a prescription (previously a prescription was required), women are voting with their feet in pharmacies around the country.

Pharmacists say there has been an increase in uptake through the national General Medical Services scheme since July when the emergency contraception became directly available to medical card holders without prescription.