Contraception
Verified 09 January 2024 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
Contraception is all the means to avoid pregnancy. There are different methods of contraception. The reimbursement depends in particular on the chosen device.
You can get information or get a prescription for contraception from a doctor or midwife in a city office or sexual health center.
Who shall I contact
Doctors, midwives, and sexual health centers are empowered to prescribe all forms of contraception.
A prescription is needed for the following contraceptives:
- Intrauterine device (IUD)
- Pill
- Patch
- Implant
- Vaginal ring
- Diaphragm and cervical cap (spermicides that accompany diaphragm use are bought at a pharmacy without a prescription)
- Injectable progestins
The consent of the parents or legal representative is not required for the prescription, dispensing or administration of contraceptives to underage girls.
The following costs related to contraception for children under 26 years of age are covered by the Health Insurance, without any advance payment:
- Follow-up visit by a doctor or midwife on 1re year of access to contraception
- Annual consultation carried out, from 2e year of access to contraception by a doctor or midwife for a prescription of contraception or for laboratory tests related to contraception
- Certain birth control tests (fasting glucose, total cholesterol, and triglycerides), done once a year
- Acts leading to the insertion, change or withdrawal of a contraceptive
- Supply of refundable contraceptives in pharmacies on presentation of a medical prescription
Please note
the Health Insurance also covers 100%long-term sexual health consultation (without advance payment). It is accessible to all young people, girls and boys, up to the age of 25.
Categories of contraceptives
Delivery of contraceptives by planning centers
Delivery of contraceptives by pharmacies
Contraceptive reimbursement, free condoms for under 26s (L160-14)
No advance payment (Article L162-4-5)
Delivery of contraceptives by midwives
Reimbursed price for male condoms
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