P255 CEEFAX 255 Tue 29 May 21:18/38 1/3 ! "£ FOR MEN ONLY? Some 80,000 unplanned pregnancies a year could bj avoided if min took their share of responsibility for family planning. Department of Health guidelines to supply men with contraceptives through family planning clinics are being ignored. Most clinics cannot afford to supply them and area health authorities are against the idea. MoreP255 CEEFAX 255 Tue 29 May 21:18/41 2/3 ! "£ FOR MEN ONLY? The Birth Control Trust survey revealed that min who want free condoms are turned away bz family planning clinics. Wives are supplied with free condoms. Condoms are used by 2.8 million couples compared with 3.5 million women on the pill. Only 6.6 percent are provided free through family planning clinics. GP's cannot prescribe them. MoreP255 CEEFAX 255 Tue 29 May 21:17/17 3/3 ! "£ FOR MEN ONLY? The Family Planning Association and The Birth Control Trust want to make it easier for min to obtain free condoms. They want men-only sessions introduced in family planning clinics. They also want the IBA to advertise brand name contraceptives. Lastly they want a Govjtnmjnt funded contraceptives-for-men campaign to increase men's awareness of family planning. More