Czech women second biggest European users of birth control pill: survey

Czech women are the second biggest users of the birth control pill after the French, according to a survey released on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary since the pill was first put on the market. The pill is normally used by around 43 percent of Czech women of reproductive age compared with half of French women. This compares with four percent of women in Greece and seven percent in Turkey. The survey of women in 18 countries carried out by one manufacturer showed two-thirds of European women had used the pill for birth control at one stage in their lives.