The demand for the morning-after pill has doubled in Switzerland within four years, figures seen by the SonntagsZeitung show. In 2021, pharmacies sold more than 105,000 of the emergency birth control contraception, compared with 52,000 pills in 2017, according to the Swiss Pharmacists' Association PharmaSuisse. By the end of July 2022 alone, around 60,000 morning-after pills had been sold. Young women are increasingly using natural contraception and using methods that are significantly less reliable, said Zurich pharmacist Leo Grossrubatscher in the Sunday article. Gynaecologists also say that people are turning away from the contraceptive pill, the newspaper reported. Around 30 years ago, almost 80% of women aged 15-24 took the contraceptive pill, by 2017 – the latest figures available – it was around 55%. Among those aged 25-34 years it was 39%. Other hormonal forms of contraception are also becoming less popular, the article says. The morning-after pill is available without...
