The pharmacy’s 50% discount proved it can afford to make this essential medication much more accessible
On Black Friday there’s a range of products you might reasonably expect to see advertised at a discount price. A TV maybe, a cashmere jumper, or perhaps a set of saucepans. But I certainly didn’t expect to find the morning-after pill nestled among the savings promoted on the Boots website as I scrolled through their offerings last week. And yet there it was, at a 50% discount.
Emergency contraception is something that provides a safety net should things go wrong during sexual intercourse, though many women and people with wombs wouldn’t plan to use it as the first line of defence against pregnancy. Since its introduction to the UK in 1984, it has provided us with an effective plan B in the event that other contraceptive measures fail.
Rose Stokes is a freelance writer based in London, who mainly covers women’s health, sex and relationships
