In this article, I will introduce you Austrian Pill (low-capacity pill, oral contraceptive) and the contraceptive situation in Austria. I take the Pill every day, partly due to severe PMDD (mood disorder) symptoms caused by my menstrual period. When I lived in Japan, there were not many pill users around Looking first at European countries, in France, the pill will be available free of charge to women under the age of 25 starting in 2022, and in 2023 it was publicly announced that the pill will be provided free of charge to all women. In Italy, the pill is also available over-the-counter without the need for a prescription and has been free for women under 25 since 2022. In Germany, insurance companies can reimburse the cost of the pill until age 22. Other countries where the pill is available for free are Sweden, where it is available for those under 25, Finland, where it is available for those under 24, and the Netherlands, where it isHowever, there is still no such coverage in Austria. Currently, as in Japan, the pill is not free in Austria and is not reimbursed by insurance companies. It is not available over the counter, and a prescription is always required. There is also no support for young people or low-income people. And the pill costs between 4 and 15 euros per month, depending on the The European Parliamentary Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) is made up of a group of European national parliaments interested in this issue, of which Austria is a member. And every year since 2017, this forum has me. In fact, the rate of pill use in Japan is very low, about 3% compared to around 30% in European countries (In France, it is about 33%, and in the UK, about 26%.) How is the situation regarding the pill and contraception in Austria different from that in Japan and in other European countries?available for those under 21. In addition, in Greece, Portugal, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and Spain, the pill is free or covered by social security for all women. In Belgium, women under the age of 25 can have almost all contraceptives, except condoms, reimbursed by insurance. In Luxembourg, the pill as well as other contraceptives such as IUDs (intrauterine devices) and emergency pills are also free. Thus, we can see that coverage for contraceptives is generous in many European countries. In fact, 20 of the 46 European countries have contraceptives built into their health care systems.formulation and manufacturer. In the political arena, there is a movement, led by the Greens, to make contraceptives free of charge, but no concrete solution has yet been proposed. Does this mean that Austria is the least developed country in contraception in Europe as a whole?published a map showing the level of progress of each country on sexual issues. On the map, the darker the green color, the more generous the compensation with regard to sex, and the red color indicates the opposite. Legal Status of the Pill and Other Contraceptives in European Countries The situation regarding contraceptives in Austria Is Austria a backward country?Haruka Aragaki Vienna UniversityOral Contraceptive and the Contraceptive Situation
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