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'''OVERVIEW''' | '''OVERVIEW''' | ||
In Chile, you will find many health care options. However, Chilean society is rather socially conservative, in large part due to its decades under a military dictatorship and the Catholic Church hierarchy, so one should understand that sexual and reproductive health is in a state of transition. You can purchase birth control without a prescription. Emergency contraception (the morning after pill) has been a hotly debated political issue, but it is available for purchase (and, as of 2015, no prescription is required). There are no travel or residency restrictions related to HIV status, and you can get STI tests at public or private facilities. There is is currently no PrEP program in Chile but there is an HPV vaccination program. You can find pads, tampons and menstrual cups in Santiago (there is a specific menstrual cup seller that we list in the "Menstruation" section). Chile has one of the strictest abortion laws in the world, with abortion being completely illegal. However, this law is in the process of potentially changing, as a bill is looking for approval to liberalize the laws. | In Chile, you will find many health care options. However, Chilean society is rather socially conservative, in large part due to its decades under a military dictatorship and the Catholic Church hierarchy, so one should understand that sexual and reproductive health is in a state of transition. You can purchase birth control without a prescription. | ||
Emergency contraception (the morning after pill) has been a hotly debated political issue, but it is available for purchase (and, as of 2015, no prescription is required). There are no travel or residency restrictions related to HIV status, and you can get STI tests at public or private facilities. There is is currently no PrEP program in Chile but there is an HPV vaccination program. You can find pads, tampons and menstrual cups in Santiago (there is a specific menstrual cup seller that we list in the "Menstruation" section). Chile has one of the strictest abortion laws in the world, with abortion being completely illegal. However, this law is in the process of potentially changing, as a bill is looking for approval to liberalize the laws. | |||
==Contraception (Birth Control)== | ==Contraception (Birth Control)== | ||