What are the proposed changes and will it be free? - The morning-after pill is to be offered without charge at pharmacies in England

Women in England will soon be able to get the morning-after pill for free at every community pharmacy. No ID checks, no uncomfortable questions, no payment. Just a simple promise: if you need it, you get it.

Women in England will be able to get the morning-after pill for free from pharmacies from later this year, the government has said. Emergency contraception is already free of charge from most GPs and sexual health clinics but ministers say getting it over the counter is more of a "postcode lottery".