In many places emergency contraception is available over the counter to women, including teenagers, but many pharmacies have no idea what the rules are. A survey of 943 pharmacies in five American states found that about half gave the wrong information to a 17-year-old woman on the phone about whether or not she could get ...
“Jingle pills!” was the headline that woke me out of my stupor after a 10-hour overnight flight from the other end of the world. “Good grief, what’s this,” I thought to myself as I picked up the paper and jumped on a train home. Turns out that Life, a rather unimaginatively named British pro-life group, ...
Dear Madame X, Why don’t those damn pregnancy tests tell you for sure if you’re not pregnant? It’s stupid! I’m writing this at 3am. On the weekend I was very stupid and got drunk and had sex without a condom and then forgot my pill all morning! I ended up taking it 2.5 hours later ...
Wales is the first country in the UK to provide free emergency contraception to women of all ages in community pharmacies. The program will take a while to become available in the over 700 pharmacies, but it’s on the way. This was encouraged because parts of Wales have some of the highest teen pregnancy rates ...
It’s a sad fact that many women don’t understand their menstrual cycle. When is their period due? When do they ovulate? When can they have sex and not get pregnant? When have they been at risk and needed emergency contraception? I hear women asking these questions all the time, and they are often grown adults ...
Finally Ireland is taking a step in the right direction for women’s reproductive rights by selling emergency contraception over-the-counter. Women will have to be interviewed by pharmacy staff in a consultation room before they can get it to ensure they are aware of how to take it and the risks involved. Each pharmacy will be ...
Walgreens is refusing to sell emergency contraception to men in the United States. Why is this an issue? First of all, it breaks the law which makes emergency contraception available to anyone over the age of 17. But more importantly it reinforces the idea that pregnancy is a woman’s issue and men should not try ...
Should contraception be free? A group of American experts is meeting in November to determine whether it could be covered under the healthcare bill as preventative care. “There is clear and incontrovertible evidence that family planning saves lives and improves health,” said obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. David Grimes, an international family planning expert. “Contraception rivals immunization in ...
Boots, one of the major pharmacies in the UK, will soon allow sales of emergency contraception (EC) through their website. People say this will lead to more promiscuity, STIs, and even younger girls being at risk.
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