Contrace ptives call to E.E.C.
i (N.Z. Press Assn-—Copyright i BRUSSELS ( Feb. 6. Two women r Members of the European Parliament called yesterday f ar the Common Market’s free trade prin ciples to be app lied to the distribution of con t racept iv , and the Execute e Commit sion has promisi id to look into the matter. Mrs Tullia Can ittoni Romagnoli. a Leftist independent, and Mrs Leonik Je lotti. a Communist, bot h Italian, asked if it were out time to take a stand on the movement. distribution, and use of contraceptives a rnong th* nine E.E.C. me mber-coun tries. 'lhey pointeel out that birth-control pill though freely sold in oth< r memberstates, were avai Jable only to married women .in Ireland. Under Common Market rules, they submilted. thi could be considered! a banter to free trade of the j kind fot bidden by its basic treat'
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33453, 7 February 1974, Page 13
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