All forms of birth control, including the pill and sterilisation, were free of charge.
Advertisements for condoms and other forms of birth control are rare in Pakistan.
It has rewritten rules to allow plans to stop covering many forms of birth control.
If enacted into law, "personhood" would prohibit many forms of birth control and in vitro fertilization.
It might also have banned in vitro fertilization and some forms of birth control.
Experimental and less widespread forms of birth control include an oral contraceptive for men.
In their view, certain forms of birth control amounted to abortion, and they refused to pay for health insurance for their employees that would cover those forms of birth control.
The government will then tell the insurer, so that it can provide alternative forms of birth control coverage.
Scaring women away from highly effective forms of birth control with inaccurate claims isn't radical or brave.
Provincial population welfare departments regularly run campaigns to educate citizens on the benefits of various forms of birth control.
Gail: Personally, I'd be really glad to have a national conversation about whether to outlaw most forms of birth control.
