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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In the Netherlands, you need a prescription to obtain hormonal birth control. Once you have a prescription, you can buy birth control pills at pharmacies. You can also get refills of birth control pills without getting a new prescription. According to Randstad, it's estimated that 40% women (ages 15-30) use birth control pills, and 5-10% use IUDS.<ref>[http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/local/live/medical-care-and-insurance/womens-health Women's healthcare in the Netherlands]</ref> | In the Netherlands, you need a prescription to obtain hormonal birth control. Once you have a prescription, you can buy birth control pills at pharmacies. You can also get refills of birth control pills without getting a new prescription. According to Randstad, it's estimated that 40% women (ages 15-30) use birth control pills, and 5-10% use IUDS.<ref>[http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/local/live/medical-care-and-insurance/womens-health Women's healthcare in the Netherlands]</ref> Furthermore, of all women (who were married/in unions and between ages 15 to 49) in the Netherlands, about 68% used any form of contraception in 2015, according to a United Nations report, and about 10% had unmet family planning needs. The most common forms of contraception for Dutch women were birth control pills (about 39%), male condoms (about 9%), IUDs (about 8%), and male sterilization about (7%). There were lower rates for female sterilization (about 3%) and no recorded usage of contraceptive implants or contraceptive injectables in the study.<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use 2015]</ref> | ||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||