Boots bows to pressure to sell cheaper morning after pill High street pharmacy chain Boots announces it will sell a cheaper version of the morning after pill but issues BPAS with legal warning over its campaign.…
Why we should increase access of EHC to women, rather than restrict it Barriers, such as a price premium, should be removed to allow easier access to emergency hormonal contraception.…
Online pharmacy sells emergency contraception for £4.99 Emergency contraception can be bought online in the UK for as little as £4.99.…
Boots apologises following morning after pill row High street pharmacy chain Boots has released an apology after it was publicly criticised by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service for including a “sexist surcharge” on emergency hormonal contraception.…
Women cannot control fertility through contraception alone, says British Pregnancy Advisory Service More than half of women who had an abortion in 2016 were using at least one form of contraception when they presented, according to data gathered by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS).…
Superdrug reduces price of morning-after pill by nearly half Superdrug has cut the price of the morning-after pill to £13.49, almost half the average charged in pharmacies across the UK.…
Protect the ‘Three Girls’ in your pharmacy BBC docudrama on the Rochdale grooming scandal highlights the need for safe spaces for vulnerable girls in the community, and pharmacy can provide one.…
Wild plant compounds could act as male contraceptive, researchers find Two compounds normally found in wild plants have the potential to act as a male contraceptive, according to the results of research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.…
Common oral contraceptive pill has negative effect on general well-being An estimated 100 million women use the contraceptive pill, but surprisingly little is known about its effect on overall health.…
Contraceptive pill does not increase long-term cancer risk Most women who take the contraceptive pill are not at increased risk of cancer overall and may actually gain some protection against certain cancers, researchers say.…
