Stigma may be gone but Irish women still face obstacles in accessing contraception If Government does not owe women access to free contraception perhaps Catholic Church does
Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 00:17 Bláthnaid Corless
Availing of the contraceptive pill in this country will set you back anywhere between €150-€215 each year. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Ireland’s long-standing dysfunctional relationship with contraception may be aptly summarised by a story my mother told me when I was 18.
When she was about that age, she walked to the Well Woman Centre during her office lunch break to collect her first prescription for the contraceptive pill. How discreet – or so she believed.