<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The federal government will soon make an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/some-women-will-pay-a-lot-less-for-the-contraceptive-pill-from-this-weekend/5e31ae8c-22f2-4e3b-b7bd-d53746f377e5" rel="" target="_blank" title="oral contraceptive pill available"><span>oral contraceptive pill available</span></a><span> on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), saving users around $50 for each prescription re-fill.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Popular birth control choice Slinda will be subsidised by the government from May 1.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It will cost $7.70 for concession card holders or $31.60 for general patients for a four-month supply, a significant cost reduction from the previous price of $80 for a three-month prescription, saving women hundreds of dollars.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-administration-considering-travel-ban-visa-restrictions-on-dozens-of-countries/8fe12456-8002-4e2e-9291-fbb11727c411" target="_blank" title="Trump reportedly considers travel ban which would target 43 countries"><strong><span>Trump reportedly considers travel ban which would target 43 countries</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-news-sydney-heatwave-total-fire-ban-warning/d8e86866-b7bf-4e00-9a82-f454a01fbe20" target="_blank" title="Millions roasting under severe mid-March heatwave"><strong><span>Millions roasting under severe mid-March heatwave</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It marks the third contraceptive pill added to the PBS this year after Yasmin and Yaz were added earlier this month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Around 80,000 Australian women are paying privately for Slinda, according to Besins Healthcare Australia.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/contraceptive-pill-to-be-funded-by-federal-government-australia-slinda/d101f8dc-20f1-44fa-ba63-a09670972aec" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Access to a wide range of contraceptive options is a fundamental reproductive right," said sexual health physician Dr Terri Foran.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This funding move to include Slinda on the PBS will be welcomed by a large number of Australia women and their health providers."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Slinda contains a progestogen hormone, which is often used by older women and those at risk of blood clots, migraines or who have high blood pressure.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is the first of its kind to be added onto the PBS.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The addition of Slinda to the PBS comes as part of the Albanese government's pledge earlier this month to spend more than half a billion dollars on women's health programs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>