Despite Pope Benedict telling Brazilians not to use birth control or else face the fires of hell, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has introduced a $51m plan to subsidize birth control pills. Birth control pills have already been available for free at government-run clinics and the country already hands out free condoms, the pills will be made available at more than 3,500 private drug stores at significantly reduced prices, as low as around 20 US cents . For men who want to be involved in birth control, the government is also planning to increase the number of free vasectomies performed at state hospitals.

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