The cost to the HSE of reimbursing medicines and drug treatments now stands at about €2.5 billion annually. By way of contrast; back in 2014 the annual bill was about €1.8 billion. A large proportion of our present costs are routinely attributed to the growing population of older persons. But this is, at best, only […]
A landmark ruling has recognised the right for German pharmacists to refuse to sell the so-called morning after pill (MAP) on grounds of conscience. No such right has ever been recognised in Ireland. The drug is used as a post-coital contraceptive but, when conception occurs, it also prevents implantation in the uterine wall, causing the […]
A Berlin pharmacist has won a landmark court victory defending his right to refuse to sell the ‘morning-after pill’ on the grounds that doing so would violate his conscience and deeply held beliefs.