by APFLI | Nov 27, 2004 | Birth Control Archive
The Australian Medical Association is calling on the Federal Health Minister to reverse a decision to make emergency contraception available over the counter in pharmacies. The head of the AMA Ethics Committee, Doctor Rosanna Capolingua says the decision to make the...
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 | Oct 20, 2004 | Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill
By Hans E. Geisler, MD, FACOG, FACS Definitions Contraceptive – An agent for the prevention of conception[i] Contraception – Prevention of conception or impregnation[i] Impregnation – Act of making pregnant[i] Pregnancy – The condition of the...
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...
