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In Romania, you can find many health care resources. While the government pursued a traditional and natalist policy for decades (late 1960s until 1990), Romania has seen increasingly progressive policies since 1990. You can purchase | In Romania, you can find many health care resources. While the government pursued a traditional and natalist policy for decades (late 1960s until 1990), Romania has seen increasingly progressive policies since 1990. You can purchase birth control pills and condoms at pharmacies without a prescription. There are many brands of birth control pills, especially those from European and US-based pharmaceutical companies, in addition to other contraceptive methods. You can also obtain emergency contraception (the morning after pill) at pharmacies without a prescription. While there are many sites for obtaining an STI test, and there are no travel restrictions related to HIV status, there are still taboos regarding the discussion of sex and STIs to consider. You can buy menstrual cups from online Romanian vendors. Abortion is legal upon request in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. | ||
==Contraception (Birth Control)== | ==Contraception (Birth Control)== | ||
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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Romania, you can purchase | In Romania, you can purchase birth control pills and condoms over-the-counter (no prescription needed) at pharmacies.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> According to a 2015 report, 69% of Romanian women (who are of reproductive age and married or in unions) use some form of contraception, and 9% of the same demographic of women have unmet family planning needs. The most common forms of contraception were found to be condoms (24.1%), birth control pills (17.2%), the rhythm method (10.4%), IUDs (6.7%) and female sterilization (4.2%). The study showed a very low rate of usage of contraceptive implants (supposedly, it was 0%).<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use 2015 Report]</ref> | ||
For decades, the Romanian government took a hardline natalist approach to family planning. Under the government of Nicolae Ceaușescu (1967-1989), abortion was banned, divorce was difficult to obtain and homosexuality was criminalized. Women were strongly encouraged to have many children, and single women who were childless were penalized by the government.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Romania Abortion in Romania]</ref> Sex education programs were essentially nonexistent until the communist government fell in 1990.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085661/ Sexual behaviour and sexual and reproductive health education: a cross-sectional study in Romania]</ref> These policies helped shape the current cultural climate, where discussion of sex remains relatively taboo.<ref>[http://www.mtvstayingalive.org/blog/2016/02/the-power-of-talking-breaking-down-taboos-in-romanian-sex-education/ THE POWER OF TALKING: BREAKING DOWN TABOOS IN ROMANIA]</ref> However, Romania is a society that is constantly evolving, and younger generations may take a more open approach to sexuality. | For decades, the Romanian government took a hardline natalist approach to family planning. Under the government of Nicolae Ceaușescu (1967-1989), abortion was banned, divorce was difficult to obtain and homosexuality was criminalized. Women were strongly encouraged to have many children, and single women who were childless were penalized by the government.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Romania Abortion in Romania]</ref> Sex education programs were essentially nonexistent until the communist government fell in 1990.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085661/ Sexual behaviour and sexual and reproductive health education: a cross-sectional study in Romania]</ref> These policies helped shape the current cultural climate, where discussion of sex remains relatively taboo.<ref>[http://www.mtvstayingalive.org/blog/2016/02/the-power-of-talking-breaking-down-taboos-in-romanian-sex-education/ THE POWER OF TALKING: BREAKING DOWN TABOOS IN ROMANIA]</ref> However, Romania is a society that is constantly evolving, and younger generations may take a more open approach to sexuality. | ||