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Pills without payment
“Morning-after” pill freely dispensed
Quebec has announced that pharmacists may dispense the abortifacient “morning-after” pill, with the bill for the pills being picked up by taxpayers.

The pharmacists doling out the pills were required to take a four-hour course on the administration of the “morning-after” pill. Normand Cadieux, managing director of the Association Quebeçoise des Pharmaciens-Proprietaires said that pharmacists are obliged to become certified, unless they have religious objections to the use of the pill. The Montreal Gazette reports that 4,000 out of Quebec’s 5,700 licensed pharmacists have already taken the course.

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