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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Barbados, emergency contraceptive pills (morning after pills) are legally available. No prescription is | In Barbados, emergency contraceptive pills (morning after pills) are legally available at hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies. No prescription is required at many pharmacies, but other pharmacies will ask for a prescription.<ref>[Conversations with multiple pharmacists, September 2018]</ref>. While official sources may state that a prescription is required, and some pharmacies do follow these rules, the majority of pharmacies dispense emergency contraceptive pills without a prescription. | ||
It is important to understand that some pharmacists may refuse to sell emergency contraceptive pills. According to a 2008 study, nearly half of all health care providers in Barbados have refused to sell such pills to 'eligible women' at some point because of their misconceptions related to the safety of the pills, negative attitudes toward emergency contraception, or because they did not have the necessary medication or supplies on hand.<ref>[https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2008/half-providers-jamaica-and-barbados-have-refused-dispense-emergency-contraception Half of Providers in Jamaica and Barbados Have Refused to Dispense Emergency Contraception]</ref> | It is important to understand that some pharmacists may refuse to sell emergency contraceptive pills. According to a 2008 study, nearly half of all health care providers in Barbados have refused to sell such pills to 'eligible women' at some point because of their misconceptions related to the safety of the pills, negative attitudes toward emergency contraception, or because they did not have the necessary medication or supplies on hand.<ref>[https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2008/half-providers-jamaica-and-barbados-have-refused-dispense-emergency-contraception Half of Providers in Jamaica and Barbados Have Refused to Dispense Emergency Contraception]</ref> | ||