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Pediatric society calls for access to free contraceptives for everyone under 25
OTTAWA — The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending that everyone under 25 should get confidential access to free birth control.
In a position statement released Thursday, the society says access to contraception is a basic human right, and the direct costs of unintended youth pregnancies probably exceed $125 million a year.
It says contraception should be funded through provincial, territorial and federal health plans, and that private insurers should cover the full cost of birth control.