Published on 08/28/2020
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Young women under the age of 15 can obtain contraception and pregnancy termination free of charge. And this from today, Friday August 28.
The cost of contraception for girls under 15 is now fully covered by Health Insurance. Included in the Social Security budget for 2020, the measure remained suspended upon the publication of the decree which comes into force on Friday, August 28.
Until yesterday, only adolescents aged 15 to 17 could benefit from free contraceptives. Minors under the age of 15 had to pay the “user fee” for consultations with doctors or midwives, biological examinations, drugs and contraceptive devices. A financial burden “which can act as a brake […] for audiences often in fragile situations”, Estimates the government in this text. From now on, all minors under the age of 17 are housed in the same boat and have access to the same right.
With this new measure, the government hopes reduce the rate of use of Voluntary Pregnancy Interruption (Abortion). “Each year, nearly 1,000 young girls aged 12 to 14 are pregnant in France”. “Pamid these pregnancies, 770 end with an abortion”, Is it specified in the preliminary draft law.
On the contrary, the abortion rate for women aged 15 to 17 has dropped significantly between 2012 and 2018, from 9.5 to 6 per 1,000, according to Drees.
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