After 40 years, Japan finally approves trial sales of over-the-counter emergency contraceptives (aka morning-after pill)

6 comments

1. > Japan took 40 years to approve oral contraceptives, but only six months to approve the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra.

   The country is ruled by 65+ years old males, and it shows.

2. Yeah. Japanese priorities at their finest. Male dominancy is pretty much encoded in Japan and has been since forever.

   I am surprised it got approved at all. At least it’s some sort of progress.

3. assssd

4. The sheer amount of hoops(and cash) you had to jump through to get this before was ridiculous. Looking at a bill of 10k at least, and of course since Sunday morning was the time most people needed it finding a clinic that was open and could write you a scrip wasn’t exactly easy either.

5. Late 20th Century, here. we. come!

6. Just checked, in my country they made it prescription free after 2002. I don’t get why you’d need a prescription, unless the pill has some severe side effects.

   Although this is probably not gonna help Japan’s already declining demographics, it’d be unreasonable to have artificial and expensive hurdles for women in that regard.