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France to make condoms free for anyone under 25, Macron says

France's state health care system covers some birth control costs but not all. [iStockphoto]

France will make condoms free in pharmacies for anyone up to age 25 in the New Year, President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday.

The move comes as the government says sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise among young people, and as this year's exceptional inflation is cutting especially deeply into the budgets of France's poorest.

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