Female condoms (aka FC2) will soon be sold in the U.S. only by prescription:

Looks like they're trying to cash in on the free government handouts. Why charge 4 bucks a unit when you can charge the government 20?  

Another US  company trying to rip off the American government via healthcare. I doubt they will get away with it today.  

The pill, and those other contraceptive are probably less money, and your only alternative per insurance.

FC2 are among the safest birth control methods available. It is one out of two methods that reduce STD risks. Limiting safe and easily available (non prescription) to people is a very bad idea when not based on scientific evidence of effectiveness, or safety is bad for the nation as a whole. I hate corporate greed when it come at the cost of society as a whole. Limiting access to things like FC2 brings with it ills like unplanned pregnancies, an increase of the spread of STDs and certain cancers , and well fun for those who prefer them. That is a real cost to society. Bad call.

They are expensive already and now we would pay for $20 a piece? WTH
I hope this is just a rumor!

The vagina is a female reproductive item, yes?

...wouldn't that just be an added cost of doing business? If your clientele prefers them, continue to offer them and add on a small "user fee" to cover costs. Those who are passionate (pun intended) about their use will probably continue to want to use them and will see the small add-on cost as a small bump in the price of their pleasure.

Just goes to show ya, "Seinfeld" applies to everything!

cuz ya know ... hooker math

There's a place here in Chicago that's giving them out for FREE!

Just bought a bunch off amazon, I don't have insurance and I'm not paying $20... do they know how many orgies they're ruining? lol

Easy to break on products and hard to enforce. OTOH ideas can be more easily protected. If they didn't protect the intellectual property it will be just a matter of time till an off shore source emerges.  

doesn't necessarily mean you're a bad person. 😉 lol

I guess the FDA doesn't have to be involved for you to get ripped off. I wonder if there's a way you might be able to persuade the shop owner to, can we say, "reconsider" his fee structure.  
I know how much you gals hate to negotiate. I guess that can come back and bite you in the ass, huh  lol

to see this manipulation of the system to sponsor corporate greed over customer need. I have no problem with a private company making money, but not when it comes at the expense of the taxpayer or through regulation. And for something so obviously contrived?

The only people I see pushing female condoms are providers. I'm sure there are guys who seek those ladies out.

Probably going to be easier to just buy them over the internet from suppliers in Canada. The cost will be a little higher than now, but better than dealing with a doctor, a pharmacist, and an insurance company.

A recurring theme by guys that won't see providers if they're in a hotel with $20 parking fee. A two to three hr session in Boston or New York is more like $30+

raided ... all guys looking for free FCs. Dead giveaway hookers were around the corner ... literally ... LOL

Pharmacies should bundle them in with Viagra, etc.

maybe that'll be more successful?

I'm imagining one of our FC-friendly provider smuggling boxes of them across the Canadian border, LOL.  

To the gay bars they have them along with all sizes of condoms!!! I've never had to pay for condoms since in yhis hobby cause of the gays.  Woo whoo.  

Just why in the fuck would a gay bar have "female" condoms? I can't think of any purpose they would serve except for protection during "penile vaginal" sex between a man and a woman. That doesn't seem like an activity than any gay person would have any interest in. lol

They can also be used for Greek...from what I hear they are a pretty good alternative to normal condoms if you pull out the ring on the bottom.

It honestly never occurred to me to use them for Greek. I guess inserting the condom itself must be a lot of fun,

In fact, didn't it even mention it in the link in this OP?

I learn lots of stuff from my BOYZ!!!  

I don't know many straight guys that need free condoms bad enough to go get them from the community "honor" bowl at a gay bar.  It totally makes sense for you, though, and who knows, you may find new friends to go shoe shopping with.  

There is no logical reason to fuck a woman in the ass, when it comes to men it makes even less sense.