Calls to slash price of morning-after pill and sell off shelf like aspirin
by Laura Donnelly, Telegraph:
The morning-after pill should be sold straight from shop shelves alongside aspirin, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) has said.
The charity is calling for price cuts to end a “sexist surcharge” on emergency contraception, with British women paying up to £30 for pills that cost as little as £6 abroad.
The charity said the price difference was such that for some women it could be cheaper to fly to France to buy the morning-after pill than to purchase it on their local high street.
The head of BPAS said the prices in Britain were fuelled by the fact costs include a mandatory consultation with a pharmacist – and were deterring women from seeking out the pills.
Ann Furedi, chief executive of BPAS, said it was “utterly stupid” that women were not trusted to decide for themselves whether to obtain emergency contraception.
The charity, Britain’s largest provider of abortion services, said women should be able to pick up the pills directly from supermarket and pharmacy shelves – without having to endure an “unnecessary and embarrassing” consultation with a pharmacist.
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