Between the consultations, the insertion and the IUD itself, I had to fork out roughly $400 when I got mine.
This would be life-changing for so many people, especially women experiencing family violence who need an invisible form of contraception that their abusers can't control.
We are in a cost-of-living crisis and in the face of financial stress, people with uteruses don’t need the added economic burden of contraception. Our policy would ensure free access to contraceptives, removing financial barriers to reproductive health.
We’ll provide $250m per year to make TGA approved non-PBS contraceptives free, get modern contraceptive pills on the PBS & help cover the costs for copper IUDs, make contraceptive insertion and removal free, and introduce a new Medicare item for contraceptive counselling.
With 4.8M people using contraceptives, we don’t think anyone should have worry about whether they can afford them. The Greens will always prioritise women’s bodily autonomy and make contraception free for everyone.
There are five million people with migraine, and you didn’t care that we couldn’t afford our meds last election. I’m paying close to $1000 a month to stay functional and upright, and I absolutely cannot afford it, but I can’t afford not to either.
Seriously, I love that the cost of living crisis is what’s seen you reverse you position on hating everything Pharma, but if you cared about women you’d care about migraine.
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This would be life-changing for so many people, especially women experiencing family violence who need an invisible form of contraception that their abusers can't control.
Happy with your work.