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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In India, contraceptives are fully legal. Oral contraceptives or condoms can be purchased at pharmacies, large stores or online. However, many women report feeling uncomfortable and harshly judged when buying contraceptives at pharmacies. For these reasons, they tend to visit pharmacies outside their neighborhoods or only pharmacies that have very few customers in line. Check out this [https://www.quora.com/How-difficult-is-it-for-women-to-buy-contraceptives-in-India Quora thread for some perspectives on buying contraceptives in India] for details. As someone wrote, "I have bought contraceptives from pharmacies in India but I make sure there are very few customers at the counter. It is definitely an intimidating experience. I am not embarrassed, but always worried about what if someone I know is there at the shop as well. But I can never ask the salesperson for choices. Sometimes, I write it down on a piece of paper and pass it on. If the salesperson is understanding, the contraceptive gets wrapped in a brown paper bag and I just pay for it without even checking the contents." Another user wrote, "Albeit the degree of judgment varies. Even if this female is a middle aged woman, looks married maybe, there is no narrow escape. But if this female looked like a normal college going girl, she would now be branded as a next door harlot." <ref>[https://www.quora.com/How-difficult-is-it-for-women-to-buy-contraceptives-in-India How difficult is it for women to buy contraceptives in India?]</ref> | |||
Regarding condom purchases, Mumbai locals are generally shy. Yet some younger women are becoming more comfortable. One medical worker told DNAIndia, "Women above the age of 35 are quite reserved, but the ones between 25 to 35 are the bold ones. Mostly women ask for condoms for men. A few months ago, a woman asked for female condoms. I didn't even know they existed." Another said, "Mostly men between the age group of 20-40 years buy condoms. We have few women customers who ask for them. Those who live in this area only buy medicines from us. The people who buy condoms don't live anywhere here because many are still very shy."<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/speak-up/report-mumbai-s-shy-asking-for-condoms-1096118 Mumbai's Shy Asking for Condoms]</ref> | |||
Statistically, female sterilization is the most popular contraceptive method in India. As written in a 2015 UN Report, " in countries where childbearing begins at a young age, the dominance of a permanent method (e.g., an estimated 65 per cent of use in India is female sterilization) suggests a potential mismatch between the method used and reversible methods that meet preferences for delaying or spacing births ."<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use, 2015]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
Check out the [http://www.medindia.net/doctors/drug_information/home.asp MedIndia] website to see which brands you can expect. Some reliable pharmacies in Mumbai are Noble Medicals and Royal Chemists. | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||