The pill, IUD and implant are all available in Australia but GPs are over-prescribing one, expert says
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Hannah Jones was recommended the pill by her doctor but it wasn t the right option for her.
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Like the vast majority of Australian women, Hannah Jones was recommended the pill when she first asked her GP about contraception.
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Doctors urged to re-think the one-shoe-fits-all approach to contraception
IUDs are more than 99 per cent effective compared to the pill s 93 per cent
Just 11 per cent of scripts for contraception were for IUDs
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Last Modified: 7:32 PM CST Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020
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