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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (768)	9/10/1998 6:44:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong	Read Replies (1) of 1722

Polish Women Protest Viagra Subsidy Thursday, September 10, 1998; 5:52 p.m. EDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A government minister's proposal to subsidize Viagra prescriptions to boost Poland's fertility rate drew protests Thursday from feminists, who accused the government of caring more about men's pleasure than women's health. The Federation for Women and Family Planning said the proposal was especially outrageous because the Solidarity-led government cut subsidies for contraception earlier this year in its effort to reverse a decline in Polish births. ''Access to contraception is generally considered a major condition to improve women's health. Meanwhile, it is hard to evaluate the impact of Viagra on men's health,'' the group said in a statement. ''The current government cares more about pleasure of men than health care for women,'' the group said. Polish medical authorities approved Viagra for the Polish market on Wednesday. Afterward, the government minister for family issues, Kazimierz Kapera, proposed subsidizing Viagra ''to boost births in our homeland.'' The Health Ministry will consider the plan next spring in its annual review of the government's medicine subsidies. The Solidarity-led government is trying to encourage families to have more children. A government report on Polish families released in July showed a 20 percent decrease in marriage rates and a 30 percent decrease in birth rates since Poland's 1989 transition to a market economy. c Copyright 1998 The Associated Press dailynews.yahoo.com

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