Deregulating emergency contraception: The alternative may be unwanted pregnancies

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EDITOR, - Lawrence Mascarenhas's response 1 to James Owen Drife's editorial repeats some of the many oft quoted fallacies about emergency contraception. Firstly, there is no evidence that the “Yuzpe” regimen carries a risk of ectopic pregnancy. only one case has been reported in the world literature; this was in a woman who had established tubal disease.2 The story probably derives from people's concern when the old method of giving 5 mg ethinyloestradiol for five days …