by APFLI | Sep 11, 2004 | Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill
Emergency Contraception Supporters want EC (MAP – Morning After Pill) to be freely available in all county health departments (to girls as young as 14, without parental knowledge) nationwide. They are also pressuring the FDA to release EC over-the-counter (OTC)....
by APFLI | Sep 2, 2004 | Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill
For more articles concerning EC/MAP, click here. Emergency Contraception [EC] is a very potent medication. EC is also called the Morning After Pill [MAP]. (A specific brand of EC sold in the USA is Plan B.) EC is being provided in local health department clinics in...
by APFLI | Aug 2, 2004 | Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill
YOUNG WOMEN REQUESTING EC ARE, DESPITE CONTRACEPTIVE COUNSELING, A HIGH RISK GROUP FOR NEW UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES/ABORTIONS EC [emergency contraception] was introduced in Sweden in 1994. In addition to an unplanned pregnancy, unprotected sexual intercourse may also...
by APFLI | Jul 26, 2004 | Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill
…No studies to date show that Emergency Contraception/MAP reduces unintended pregnancy rates (20) or lowers abortion rates. In fact, studies show that morning-after pills increase rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion. After MAP was introduced on a...
by APFLI | Jul 3, 2004 | Support
Pregnant and single. This is probably the most important decision you'll ever make. It is your decision alone. Right now, many thoughts and emotions are running through your mind. It is vitally important that the decisions you make are not made in panic,...
