UK
Go to your GP and express an interest in starting hormonal birth control. Request the pill, patch, shot etc. They will perhaps ask some brief questions about your sex life, advising you to still use condoms if sleeping with various people, and then will take your height, weight and blood pressure. They may check a family or personal history of illness. You can express preference on the type of pill you want, and they will let you know what specific side effects you can expect with each. You do not have to undertake any kind of pelvic exam. You’ll either be given the medicine right away, or go to a chemist’s counter where you will not pay, as birth control is free. Your GP can also give you free condoms if you ask.
US
Varying levels of TOTAL FUCKING BULLSHIT.
Birth control — at least, the pill — isn’t even free in Canada. My sister would regularly complain about how expensive it is to have safe sex.
Especially without health insurance to cover birth control. 3 NuvaRing packets cost ~$58.
And doctors will tell you that they have to give you a Pap smear before they can give you a prescription for any kind of birth control.
Condoms are available for free in a few clinics, though.
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everyday i spend >30 minutes crying about how much i love the nhs
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I don’t live somewhere that I’d need...the pill. I have
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theknightmurders reblogged this from jhameia and added:
get my pills from the city. I think I still owe them 10 bucks from like four years ago. Whups?
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((Wanna know what else is really depressing about this? Even though it costs money for Americans to have safe sex, I’m...
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And then there’s me sitting at home going LOL WHAT’S MONEY
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I live in Canada and if you go to a health clinic, the pill is $10-12 for a 28 day package. They’ll ask you a couple of...
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madseason reblogged this from playerprophet and added:
In the US here—when I first went on...general practitioner) I didn’t need to get
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tithenai reblogged this from jhameia and added:
True, certainly in Ottawa you get free condoms from loads of places. I actually had a HILARIOUS time trying to get my...
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Not to detract from the convo, because fucking birth control access is the shittiest shit of all healthcare, but I was...
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playerprophet reblogged this from jhameia and added:
I tried the pill for a while and I was insured at the time so it didn’t cost me much, but I sure as hell didn’t have to...
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Especially without health insurance to cover birth control. 3 NuvaRing packets cost ~$58. And doctors will tell you that...
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