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Leave pill prescribing to GPs, not pharmacists, for the sake of women's health

  • Written by Mark Wilson, Associate professor, University of Wollongong
Contraception forms an integral element of health care for women. From shutterstock.com

Buying the contraceptive pill from the pharmacy without a prescription, as is being considered by Australia’s drug regulator, might be convenient for women or even save the health system money. But it risks women’s health for a number of reasons.

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