by APFLI | Oct 20, 2004 | Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill
Responding to Health Minister Pierre Pettigrew’s announcement on 18May04 that Health Canada will move forward with allowing the “morning after pill” (MAP) to be sold without a doctor’s prescription, Dr. Will Johnston, president of Canadian...
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 | May 8, 2004 | Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided 6May04 that it will not allow over-the-counter sales of Plan B, the “morning after pill” (MAP; often referred to as “emergency contraception” or EC). The drug is dangerous for women and...
