REACTION
Contraception will soon be free for all minors. The 2020 social security budget plans to extend to the youngest a system already in place for girls aged 15 to 17 years. Minors will no longer have to pay for contraception prescribed by a doctor or midwife. And will be able to obtain it in all confidentiality.
Stop the use of abortion
The goal of this new measure is to stop the use of emergency contraception and abortion among these minors. In fact, "every year, nearly 1,000 girls aged 12 to 14 are pregnant in France" and "among these pregnancies, 770 are concluded by an abortion", it is specified in the draft bill.
"Starting your sex life with an abortion is not the best thing," says Israel Nisand, professor of obstetrics at Strasbourg University Hospital. "Especially in this age group, there are young women who, culturally or socially, can not use abortion." Making contraception accessible to people under 15 years of age was a public health necessity. "