Contraception will be free for all women under 25 from January 1, 2022. This was announced by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran during a televised address on France 2 this Thursday, September 9, 2021.
Support for hormonal contraception, biological assessment, prescription consultation
From January 1, 2022, contraception will become free for all women under the age of 25. This is what the Minister of Health Olivier Véran announced this morning on France 2. He thus specified that there will be “ management of hormonal contraception, biological assessment, prescription consultation and all care related to this contraception “. A measure which represents for the State, a cost of 21 million euros.
Until now, contraceptive pills and IUDs were already free in France for all underage girls and covered 100% by Medicare. In fact, since 2012, free contraception has existed for minors aged 15 to 18, and since 2020, for those under 20.
Contraception decline in a number of young women
To justify this new free measure, the Minister of Health explained that with the authorities of scientists, they found that there is today ” a decline in contraception in a certain number of young women, and the first reason is the withdrawal for financial reasons “. To which he added: “ It is unbearable that women cannot protect themselves, cannot have contraception, if they obviously choose to do so, because it costs them too much in their budget “.
25 years old, the age that marks the beginning of financial independence
If the authorities have chosen to set the maximum age at 25, it is because it marks the beginning of financial independence. Olivier Véran explained that “ it is an age which corresponds in terms of social life, economic life and income to an age going with more autonomy “. In addition, he recalled that “ it is also the age at which one definitively leaves the complementary health of one’s home “but also” the age below which, according to studies, too many women give up contraception because it is expensive. “.
