Ireland is preparing to follow France in offering free contraception to women under 25 years of age.
The French government introduced the measure on Jan. 1, while the Irish authorities have promised to make contraception free for women aged between 17 and 25 years from August.
French officials said that the change would apply to three million young women out of a population of 67.4 million people. Contraception is already free for minors (under 18s).
Along with Sweden, France has the highest total fertility rate of the 27 member states of the European Union, with 1.84 live births per woman, which is below replacement level.
Contraception was legalized in the country in 1967, followed by abortion in 1975. There are around 200,000 abortions a year.
Pascale Morinière, president of the Confédération nationale des Associations Familiales Catholiques (CNAFC), said that the government believed that free contraception would reduce the number of abortions among women under 25.
She explained that officials pointed to a precedent when free contraception was offered to girls aged between 15 and 18 years in 2013. The abortion rate fell within this age group from 9.5 to 6 per 1,000 from 2012 to 2018.
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The French government introduced the measure on Jan. 1, while the Irish authorities have promised to make contraception free for women aged between 17 and 25 years from August.
French officials said that the change would apply to three million young women out of a population of 67.4 million people. Contraception is already free for minors (under 18s).
Along with Sweden, France has the highest total fertility rate of the 27 member states of the European Union, with 1.84 live births per woman, which is below replacement level.
Contraception was legalized in the country in 1967, followed by abortion in 1975. There are around 200,000 abortions a year.
Pascale Morinière, president of the Confédération nationale des Associations Familiales Catholiques (CNAFC), said that the government believed that free contraception would reduce the number of abortions among women under 25.
She explained that officials pointed to a precedent when free contraception was offered to girls aged between 15 and 18 years in 2013. The abortion rate fell within this age group from 9.5 to 6 per 1,000 from 2012 to 2018.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicworldreport.com ...
Free contraception instead of murdering babies? Yes!
Controlling oneself would be better but it isn’t like that’s going to happen these days.