Pharmacy union calls for free morning after pill for medical card holders

The Irish Pharmacy Union is claiming the HSE is discriminating against women with medical cards, when it comes to accessing the "morning-after pill".

Pharmacies have been allowed to supply the "morning after pill" without a prescription since 2011.

But women with medical cards still have to get a GP prescription in order to get the medicine free-of-charge.

The IPU conference today passed a motion calling for the pill to be made available to medical card holders directly from pharmacies.