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In India, contraceptives are fully legal. Oral contraceptives or condoms can be purchased at pharmacies, large stores or online. | In India, contraceptives are fully legal. Oral contraceptives or condoms can be purchased at pharmacies, large stores or online. In 2015, it was estimated that about 60% of Indian women (who are married/in unions and between ages 15 and 49) used any form of contraception, including traditional methods, and about 13% of women had unmet family planning needs. The most common form of contraception was female sterilization (used by 39% of women). This was followed by male condoms (about 6% of women), the rhythm method (about 5% of women), birth control pills (about 4% of women), withdrawal (about 2%) and IUDs (about 2% of women). There were very few women who used contraceptive injectables (0.1% of women) and practically no users of contraceptive implants (0.0% of women). A small percentage of women also depended on their male partner's sterilization as their primary form of birth control (about 1%).<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in | ||
Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | |||
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. Others avoid pharmacies entirely and buy online. 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> | |||
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