爱尔兰免费避孕方案扩大,目标是到2024年为320 000人提供服务。 Ireland's free contraception program expands, aiming to serve 320,000 people by 2024.

卫生部长Stephen Donnelly宣布,爱尔兰扩大的免费避孕计划预计到2024年将惠及320 000名妇女,从2023年1月至9月的245 000人有所增加。 Health Minister Stephen Donnelly announced that Ireland's expanded free contraception scheme is expected to reach 320,000 women by 2024, up from 245,000 people who accessed it from January to September 2023. 该计划最初适用于17-30岁的妇女,后来扩大到包括31-35岁的妇女。 Initially for women aged 17-30, the scheme was expanded to include those aged 31-35. 该方案在生殖健康选择方面提供财政自由,向居住在爱尔兰、经医生认为适合处方避孕的妇女、女孩、变性人或非二元人开放。 The program provides financial freedom in reproductive health choices and is open to women, girls, and transgender or non-binary individuals who are resident in Ireland and deemed suitable for prescription contraception by their doctors. 它得到超过2 400个普通药店和2 050个药店的支持。 It is supported by over 2,400 GPs and 2,050 pharmacies.