Morning-after pill ‘discrimination’

Women with medical cards should be able to get the morning-after pill directly from a pharmacy free of charge and without a prescription, says the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU).

The organisation claims that the HSE is discriminating against women with medical cards when it comes to accessing the emergency contraception.

Since 2011, pharmacists have been allowed to supply the morning-after pill without a prescription, but women with medical cards still have to go to a doctor for a prescription to get the drug for free.