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Vending machines offer discount birth control products on Purdue campus

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April 16, 2021

A pair of vending machines on the Purdue University campus are offering Plan B contraceptives that normally cost $50 for $12, according to a report in The Exponent. The machines also sell pregnancy tests, condoms, urinary pain relief products and lubricating jelly, at lower prices than at retailers within walking distance of campus.

The Purdue Pharmacy and the College of Health and Human Sciences placed the machines at the Cordova Recreational Sports Center and Wilmeth Active Learning Center at the beginning of the semester to provide students with easier and cheaper ways to access health-care products.

The machines also address the embarrassment students often feel buying such products in stores.