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Chilean Women Renounce Catholicism In Protest of No Public Access to Morning After Pill
12:00 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Chile| Health| Religion| Women · Comments Off
25 Apr 2008
When a Constitutional Court of Chile blocked a government-sponsored program that distributed emergency contraceptives to women as young as 14 free of charge, thousands of people protested in the capital of Santiago.
Now, hundreds are planning to renounce their membership in the Roman Catholic Church on April 29, since the court’s decision is linked to the Vatican’s position that the morning after pill is akin to at best birth control, at worst, abortion.
Get Your Free Morning After Pill Today!
8:47 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Health| Women · 2 Comments
6 Dec 2006
No it’s not the latest VL giveaway, it’s the latest Planned Parenthood givaeaway. Today is Free EC Day. Across the United States, 350 different Planned Parenthood health centers are playing Santa Claus, giving away Plan B to men and women, regardless of age, while supplies last. In August the FDA approved the so called morning after pill without a ’script for women 18 and older but because Planned Parenthood is medically staffed, those younger will be able to access it.
“Emergency contraception is your second chance to prevent pregnancy if the condom breaks, you miss two or more birth control pills, have been raped or have unprotected sex,” Dr. Vanessa Cullins, vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a Planned Parenthood press release. “Every woman deserves every chance to prevent unintended pregnancy.”
Chile Stops Morning After Pill Access for Teens
8:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Health| Women| children| sex · Comments Off
18 Sep 2006
Young women in Chile who plan on getting it on today to celebrate las fiestas patrias better BYOBC, Bring Your Own Birth Control, because emergency contraception will not be available tommorow morning.
A Santiago, Chile Court of Appeals has placed a provisional suspension on Chile’s progressive decision to distribute free contraception to women 14 and older without parental consent. The government’s program had included free distribution of emergency contraception (EC). The injunction was issued Wednesday after a group of parents and two mayors claimed that “the EC-for-everyone plan infringes on parents’ rights because it doesn’t require that teens seeking emergency contraception have parental authorization”, Salon reports.
The morning after pill is still available in Chile with a doctor’s prescription and cash.
Via / Feminist Weekly News
Morning After Pill Available in Chile
3:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Health| Women · Comments Off
8 Sep 2006President of Chile and pediatrician, Michelle Bachelet, made a the groundbreaking decision to have birth control pills, including the morning after pill, available for free for all women over age 14 in public health clinics across the southern cone nation. The morning after pill was available in private pharmacies prior to this only for rape victims. Parental consent will not be needed for minors to gain access to the pills.
This is good news for Chilean women because it allows them more control over their reproductive health. In Chile abortion is illegal.
Compare this new progressive plan to the U.S.’s own which soon will have the morning after pill available over the counter, for a fee to adult women.
Via / The Latin Americanist
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