{"id":3427,"date":"2026-11-10T14:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:07:56","slug":"access-to-contraception-for-minors-dilemmas-in-current-regulatory-policy-and-recommendations-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/en\/2026\/11\/10\/access-to-contraception-for-minors-dilemmas-in-current-regulatory-policy-and-recommendations-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Access to Contraception for Minors: Dilemmas in Current Regulatory Policy and Recommendations for Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"ineq-meta wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Type:<\/strong> Conference \u00b7 <strong>Organizers:<\/strong> The Forum for Gender, Law and Policy and the Feminist Legal Clinic \u00b7 <strong>Date:<\/strong> June 23, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can girls be ensured access to contraception when their parents do not consent? The conference, held as a round table, brought together for the first time those who hold different parts of this question: the Ministry of Health, physicians, the Ethics Bureau of the Israeli Medical Association, the health funds, and field organizations working with adolescent girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happened at the conference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>First session, a view from the field:<\/strong> Prof. Maya Peled-Raz and Dr. Matan Elami-Suzin presented the dilemmas of the current situation. Respondents: Dr. Dina Zimmerman of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Roni Maymon and Dr. Amos Bar.<\/li><li><strong>Second session, a proposed legal framework:<\/strong> Prof. Noya Rimalt and Ms. Maya Tzipor Ben Zvi (Forum 21) presented a proposal for better regulation. Respondents: Dr. Yossi Walfisch, chair of the Ethics Committee of the Israeli Medical Association, and Adv. Ofrit Barnea-Modlin of Clalit Health Services.<\/li><li><strong>Open discussion:<\/strong> alongside the speakers, participants included representatives of the Ministry of Health legal department, hospital physicians, and representatives of organizations such as &#8220;Ladaat \u2013 Choose Right&#8221;, &#8220;Open Door&#8221; and Physicians for Human Rights.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event addressed the gap between a right and actual access: girls who cannot obtain their parents&#8217; consent face difficulties in accessing contraception. The conference brought together law, medicine and policy to seek fairer regulation, and it concluded with an agreement to draft a position paper, backed by the various professional bodies, to drive change on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image8-1024x768.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3409\" src=\"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image8-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image8-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/inequality.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image8-300x225.jpeg 300w, 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