Emergency contraception is safe and effective for preventing an unplanned pregnancy, although it is not widely used. Widespread and appropriate use of emergency contraception should be encouraged as it is a promising means to arrest the increasing abortion rate. It is therefore important for all doctors to be able to prescribe emergency contraceptive pills and to educate women of reproductive a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the knowledge of, and perception of female undergraduates in the Niger Delta of Nigeria towards Emergency Contraception. METHODS Anonymous self administered questionnaires were applied to randomly selected non-medical female undergraduates of the University of Port Harcourt in May 2005. RESULTS Six hundred questionnaires were retrieved out of 610 distributed. The respo...

Post-coital oral emergency contraception [4] is used for the prevention of pregnancy [5] after intercourse. The contraception [4] comes in the form of pills, often collectively referred to as morning-after pills. Post-coital use of morning-after pills separates them from traditional contraception [4] which is either a continual preventative process, such as the birth control [6] pill, or used d...

Recent legislation in Wisconsin mandating provision of emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault may create a conflict of conscience for some health care professionals. Although disputes exist over the exact mechanism of action of emergency contraception, those professionals who espouse a particularly strict stance may be reluctant to dispense the medication for fear that it could pr...

International Family Planning Perspectives where abortion is legally prohibited,2 the sale of hormonal drugs for emergency contraception is permitted. Such regulatory approval for emergency contraception enables health providers, including pharmacists, to be trained to help women use such methods safely and effectively. The question of when contraception ends and abortion begins may affect how ...

Emergency contraception (EC) is a safe and effective method which is used to prevent unwanted pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse. Many of the unwanted pregnancies end in unsafe abortions. The search for an ideal contraceptive, which does not interfere with spontaneity or pleasure of the sexual act, yet effectively controls the fertility, is still continuing. Numerous contraceptive t...

OBJECTIVE To compare the knowledge of emergency contraception in women attending hospital for termination of pregnancy in 1984 and 1996. DESIGN A questionnaire survey. SETTING Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. SUBJECTS Cohorts of 100 consecutive women undergoing termination of pregnancy in 1984 and 1996. RESULTS Over this 12 year period, there has been a significant improvement in the knowled...

Health policy decisions are often controversial, and the recent determination by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) not to grant over-the-counter status to the emergency contraceptive Plan B was no exception. Some physicians decried the decision as a troubling clash of science, politics, and morality. 1 Other practitioners, citing safety, heralded the agency’s prudence. 2 Public sentiment m...

Background: In this modern era where women have achieved the highest positions in politics, corporate world and conquered the moon, on the other side she is still fighting for her right, i.e. health. For this the women should become economically independent. The concept of waiting for a son preference by the society should be discouraged. Postpartum and post abortal period are very crucial for ...