Luxembourg: Free contraception, including EC, for women of any age. 

ByCristina Puig

March 2023. Luxembourg just announced a new policy regarding contraception: all short and long acting reversible contraceptives requiring a medical prescription and irreversible contraceptives will be fully covered without age-limits. Emergency contraception pills will be provided free of cost in any pharmacy, and a doctor’s prescription will not be required for gratuity. This new policy will come into effect as of April 1.

Read the Government’s pres release here and visit the website about contraception of the Centre national de réfèrence pour la promotion de la santé affective et sexuelle www.macontraception.lu to learn more.

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