The Health Minister would like to expand free contraception to include 16 year olds.
The Health Minister would like to expand free contraception to include 16 year olds.
It's currently free for women aged 17 to 35, but Stephen Donnelly wants to lower this.
However, there are legal complexities as the legal age of consent is 17.
But Minister Donnelly says it makes sense, as the age of medical independence is 16:
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