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'''OVERVIEW''' | '''OVERVIEW''' | ||
You can purchase contraceptive pills (birth control pills) without a prescription at pharmacies. While you may find other contraceptive methods, such as IUDs, available, you may be asked about your marriage status at certain hospitals or clinics before receiving treatment. We recommend you refer to the "Contraception" section for more details on this practice, as well as how some single women have chosen to handle it. While dedicated emergency contraception is not legally registered in Jordan, you can use regular birth control as replacement ECPs. We explain how this can be done in the "Emergency Contraception" section. While you can receive STI tests in Jordan, it's important to remember that, if you're a foreigner and test positive for HIV, you may be deported from Jordan. Regarding menstrual product, you can primarily find pads and some tampon brands in cities like Amman. It's very difficult to find menstrual cups within Jordanian markets, but you can order them online and have them shipped to Jordan. Furthermore, we have compiled a list of recommended gynecologists in the "Gynecological Exams" section. | |||
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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
Jordanian Labour Code allows for 10 weeks of paid maternity leave, and it prohibits employers from firing pregnant women who are least 6 months pregnant or on maternity leave.<ref>[http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/WEBTEXT/45676/65048/E96JOR01.htm Labour Code, Law No. 8 of 1996. Dated 2nd March, 1996.]</ref> | |||
According to one former Amman resident, "Prenatal care is pretty good, but it depends on on if you have private medical insurance, low-income insurance or any at all. But, for the high-end folks with good insurance plans, the prenatal care is exactly as it is in America." | According to one former Amman resident, "Prenatal care is pretty good, but it depends on on if you have private medical insurance, low-income insurance or any at all. But, for the high-end folks with good insurance plans, the prenatal care is exactly as it is in America." | ||