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Petition update, 12 June 2009

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At the moment emergency contraception is only available to the person needing to take it at the time of taking it. That means you cannot have it in your bathroom cabinet just in case, your boyfriend cannot buy it for you, mums can't buy it for daughters, you can't buy it for a distressed friend and you can't buy it to take on holiday in case a condom splits.

If emergency contraception was available on demand over the counter to anybody then we'd see fewer unwanted pregnancies and allow women, and men, to behave responsibly after accidents with contraception, without having to get to a pharmacy or clinic within a set time frame.

There is no evidence that easy access to emergency contraception makes people more promiscuous or less likely to use contraception. Nor is it difficult to self-diagnose when emergency contraception is needed.

It is time to stop treating women as if they cannot be trusted. See www.womenarenotstupid.co.uk for more information

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Ellie Levenson, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Michael Cross
• L MacDonald
• John Holden (petitions.pm.gov.uk/Thereisnogod)
• Richard Stretton
• J RICHARDS
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• Linda Jones
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