The Argentine Health Ministry announced today that Levonorgestrel morning-after pills will no longer require a doctor’s prescription and will be sold over the counter across the country. “It’s a step towards pharmaceutical care of reproductive health,” said the Argentine Pharmaceutical Confederation (AHE) in a statement released today. The resolution is a further step towards securing sexual and reproductive rights for universal access in the country. Maternal deaths linked to “medical abortion, other abortion, unspecified abortion and unsuccessful attempted abortion” fell from 13 in 2020 to nine in 2021. However, in some places in the country, access to sexual and reproductive rights is still not fully guaranteed.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald May 31, 2023 22:12 UTC