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You can buy oral contraceptives (birth control pills) without a prescription in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> No matter if you're married or single, locals report that you can buy birth control pills. Although premarital sex is illegal in the UAE, you can typically buy pills as a single woman in Dubai. | You can buy oral contraceptives (birth control pills) without a prescription in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> No matter if you're married or single, locals report that you can buy birth control pills at pharmacies. Although premarital sex is illegal in the UAE, you can typically buy pills as a single woman in Dubai. | ||
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According to a UN report, "The United Arab Emirates does not have an official family planning programme. | According to a UN report, "The United Arab Emirates does not have an official family planning programme. Access to contraceptive methods is officially restricted only for unmarried adolescents. Among citizens, the modern contraceptive prevalence rate was estimated at 24 per cent of married women 15-49 in 1995. The United Arab Emirates made substantial improvements in the availability of contraception from private as well as public sources in the 1990s, mainly in response to the growing demand for contraception among its relatively wealthy and educated population." | ||
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