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| h English (en) | There are strict guidelines in Australia, dictated by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, regarding how EC should be sold by local chemists. While most pharmacists/chemists follow these guidelines, studies showed that "pharmacists had stronger, more conservative attitudes than overseas pharmacists"<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21237342 Provision of the emergency contraceptive pill without prescription: attitudes and practices of pharmacists in Australia]</ref> and "22% of pharmacists felt it was reasonable for their religious faith to influence supply."<ref>[https://theconversation.com/note-to-pharmacists-on-how-not-to-sell-the-morning-after-pill-10250 Note to pharmacists on how not to sell the morning-after pill]</ref> Furthermore, many Australian women report that they don't receive adequate information from pharmacists. As reported by the Conversation in 2015, "...62% of the women we spoke to expressed concern about the lack of privacy. What’s more, many women were confused about this type of pill – some thought it caused an abortion (32%) and others that it would cause defects if they were to fall pregnant later (61%). Only 20% of pharmacists always informed women about how the emergency contraceptive pill worked, while the majority spoke about how long it would remain effective after unprotected sex. Many pharmacists agreed that the pill shouldn’t be supplied if unprotected sex had occurred longer than three days ago."<ref>[https://theconversation.com/note-to-pharmacists-on-how-not-to-sell-the-morning-after-pill-10250 Note to pharmacists on how not to sell the morning-after pill]</ref> |