 France
to give free access to contraception for women aged up to 25
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[September 09, 2021]
PARIS (Reuters) - France will make access
to birth control free for women aged up to 25 years old from January 1
onwards, in a new measure that will cost the state 21 million euros
($24.8 million) per year, French Health Minister Olivier Veran said on
Thursday.
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 The policy announcement comes as President Emmanuel Macron's
government prepares for the 2022 election campaign.
"There is a decline in contraception use among some young women and
it is mainly for financial reasons," Veran told France 2 television.
"It is unbearable that women cannot protect themselves, cannot have
access to contraception if they want to make that choice because it
is too expensive," he added.
Until now, the age limit for free access to contraception in France
was 18 years.
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 ($1 = 0.8461 euros)
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by
Sudip Kar-Gupta)
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