Condoms will also be free for minors, announces Emmanuel Macron

Thursday, the President of the Republic said that 18-25 year olds could, from 2023, get it free of charge in pharmacy, without a prescription.

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Free pharmacy condom will be extended to minors, Emmanuel Macron, who announced the launch of this measure for 18-25 year olds said on Friday, December 9 from January. “Banco, we are going to do it,” said the head of state in a tweet.

What guides my action is to protect our fellow citizens, to protect our youth. So I answer you: bench… https://t.co/pfyct6mefl

– emmanuelmacron (@emmanuel macron)

“In pharmacy, the condom will be free for 18-25 year olds. It will begin on January 1. It is a small prevention revolution,” launched the President of the Republic on Thursday during a Session of the National Refoundation Council (CNR) devoted to the health of young people, in Fontaine-le-Comte (Vienne).

If the methods of this care remain to be specified, the Minister of Health, François Braun, assured Friday that “it will be very simple: a reimbursement at 100% by social security”, “without prescription” . “One of the major issues is the health of young people” in a context of “resumption of sexually transmitted infections (IST), which are a great cause of infertility”, argued the minister on BFMTV and RMC.

/Media reports cited above.