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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In the state of Illinois, you need a prescription to obtain birth control pills. If you | In the state of Illinois, you need a prescription to obtain birth control pills. If you're a minor, you can get a prescription for birth control pills if you're married, you're a parent, you have health reasons for requiring birth control or you received a referral from a professional (like a doctor). In all other cases, minors must receive permission from their parents to get a birth control pill prescription. | ||
You don't need a prescription to buy condoms and you can be any age (i.e. you can be a minor/teenager). | |||
At Title X Clinics, teens and adults can receive sexual and reproductive health care. They charge on a sliding-scale basis. They may be able to give you a prescription to birth control pills, as well as condoms and sexual health counseling. If you pay for their services with family health insurance and you're a teenager, your parents may see that you visited the clinic in their bills. | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* If you want condoms, you can buy them at drugstores, pharmacies, grocery stores and online. There are no age restrictions. | |||
* You can get free condoms in Chicago at many facilities, including Access Community Health Network, AIDS Foundation Chicago, West Town STI Specialty Clinic. For a full list of all the facilities that provide free condoms in Chicago, click [http://chicagowearscondoms.com/here]. | * You can get free condoms in Chicago at many facilities, including Access Community Health Network, AIDS Foundation Chicago, West Town STI Specialty Clinic. For a full list of all the facilities that provide free condoms in Chicago, click [http://chicagowearscondoms.com/here]. | ||
* If you want birth control pills, you'll need a prescription. You can get a low-cost appointment for birth control prescriptions at health clinics or Planned Parenthood. Check out this [https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-illinois/locations link] for Planned Parenthood locations in Chicago. Once you have the prescription, you can buy the birth control pills at pharmacies. | * If you want birth control pills, you'll need a prescription. You can get a low-cost appointment for birth control prescriptions at health clinics or Planned Parenthood. Check out this [https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-illinois/locations link] for Planned Parenthood locations in Chicago. Once you have the prescription, you can buy the birth control pills at pharmacies. | ||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
A pack of twelve condoms costs about $12. Female condoms are about $2 to $4 per condom. | |||
==Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)== | ==Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)== | ||