Medical Ethics Emergency Contraception

Emergency contraception - World Health …

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/emergency-contraception

Emergency contraception (EC) can prevent up to over 95% of pregnancies when taken within 5 days after intercourse. EC can be used in the following situations: unprotected intercourse, concerns about possible contraceptive failure, incorrect use of contraceptives, and sexual assault if without contraception coverage.

Ethics of minors’ access to emergency contraception

https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/62564-ethics-of-minors-8217-access-to-emergency-contraception

Patient autonomy and parental rights are two primary ethical concerns involving access to emergency contraception, which was recently approved with over …

Emergency contraception: unresolved clinical, ethical …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32329333/

Emergency contraception (EC) has been prescribed for decades, in order to lessen the risk of unplanned and unwanted pregnancy following unprotected intercourse, ordinary …

Emergency Contraception: Law & Ethics - U.S. Pharmacist

https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/emergency-contraception-law-ethics

Emergency contraception | Office on …

https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics/emergency-contraception

Emergency contraception can help keep you from getting pregnant if you had sex without using birth control or if your …

BBC - Ethics - Contraception: Medical ethics and …

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/contraception/ethics_contraception_1.shtml

The principle of informed consent requires a doctor to make sure that the patient is aware of, and has genuinely understood the hazards and benefits of various …

CDC - Emergency Contraception - US SPR

https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/contraception/mmwr/spr/emergency.html

Initiation of Emergency Contraception. Advance Provision of ECPs. Initiation of Regular Contraception After ECPs. Prevention and Management of Nausea and Vomiting with …

Thinking Ethically About Emergency Contraception

https://www.chausa.org/publications/health-progress/article/january-february-2010/thinking-ethically-about-emergency-contraception

Thinking Ethically About Emergency Contraception. The controversy over the use of emergency contraception in Catholic hospitals for victims of sexual assault continues …

Bioethical Issues - Contraception

http://www.bioethics.org.au/Resources/Resource%20Topics/Contraception.html

Yet, the ethical questions arising from contraception are by no means confined to questions of health. The increased usage of contraception has contributed to a new …

Contraception and its ethical considerations - ScienceDirect

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751721414002292

A comprehensive contraceptive history includes: menstrual history (last menstrual period, menorrhagia, abnormal vaginal bleeding, desire for regular cycles), …