Emergency Postcoital Treatment: Practical and Ethical Barriers to Use
- 1 September 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of American College Health
- Vol. 45 (2) , 91-94
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.1996.9936868
Abstract
Emergency postcoital treatment—the morning-after pill—has been used on college campuses for about 20 years, but it is little used in other populations. Some of the possible reasons for its sparse use, including lack of awareness, the fact that the oral contraceptives have not been approved for this use, the fear of liability, and ethical considerations, are discussed. The author's major focus is on the ethical considerations.Keywords
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