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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Zimbabwe, you need a prescription to purchase birth control pills and most other forms of contraception 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> | In Zimbabwe, you need a prescription to purchase birth control pills and most other forms of contraception 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> Contraception is widely used in Zimbabwe and, in fact, Zimbabwean women have higher rates of contraceptive usage than nearly all other African countries, with the exception of [[Morocco]] and the island nations of [[Mauritius]] and [[Réunion]]. In Eastern Africa, Zimbabwe has the highest rate of contraceptive usage, where many countries have rates below 40% in usage among women. However, it should be understood that not all Zimbabwean women have adequate access and contraceptives, and 11.4% of Zimbabwean women still have unmet family planning needs.<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=== | ||