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# Contraception

Government plans to reduce the cost of the morning-after pill or make it free for all women

The minister plans to expand access to barrier contraception.

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Mar 27th 2018, 8:06 PM

Taoiseach says women seeking morning after pill should not face 'invasive' questioning

On the referendum, Varadkar said women should be trusted in the first 12 weeks of their pregnancy.

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Feb 7th 2018, 3:25 PM

# Emergency Contraception

Boots apologises after it's accused of moralising to women about the morning-after pill

The pharmacy chain has been criticised over the price of its emergency contraceptive pill.

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Jul 22nd 2017, 1:30 PM

# Emergency Contraception

Morning after pill available to all medical card holders without prescription from today

Up until 2011, anyone who needed emergency contraception had to attend a doctor in order to get a prescription.

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Jul 1st 2017, 6:00 AM

# Emergency Contraception

Morning after pill: Medical card holders to get access without prescription

Pharmacists have argued that prescription requirements limited medical card holders’ access to the contraceptive.

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May 5th 2017, 9:24 AM

# Plan B

Irish women can now buy the most effective morning-after pill without a prescription

EllaOne can be taken up to five days after unprotected sex.

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May 1st 2015, 6:04 AM

# Behaviour and Attitudes

One third of Irish women don't use contraception

While nine per cent say they use natural methods.

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Feb 17th 2014, 2:45 PM

# Pregnancy

Can a woman's weight affect the success of the morning-after pill?

The EU is to investigate if emergency contraception is less effective in women weighing 80kg or more.

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Jan 24th 2014, 8:13 PM

Voices

Column: What you don’t know about emergency contraception (and why it might hurt you)

Revelations that emergency contraceptives were bring sold without a warning that their effectiveness could be compromised in women of a certain weight underlines the lack of holistic education about contraception and sexual health, writes Alison Begas.

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Dec 8th 2013, 12:00 PM

Voices

Column: Ireland's reproductive revolution – are women now in control?

Irish women have been actively demanding the freedom to choose when or if they become pregnant for over 40 years; a great deal has changed regarding contraception, but have we come far enough? asks Fiona Dunkin.

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Oct 3rd 2013, 7:15 AM

# Morning After Pill

US court orders wider access for morning after pill regardless of age

The judge ruled that current restrictions requiring teens to obtain a prescription were “politically motivated” and “scientifically unjustified”.

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Apr 5th 2013, 8:00 PM

Voices

Column: I'm so grateful I had an unplanned pregnancy in America, not Ireland

An Irish girl recalls her experience of deciding to have a termination – and her relief that she was away from home.

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Nov 21st 2012, 7:00 AM

Voices

Column: Making emergency contraception easy to access has been good for women

Just over one year ago the rules for getting the morning-after pill in Ireland were relaxed. Alison Begas looks at what this change has meant for women.

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Aug 11th 2012, 7:00 PM