A 26-Year-Old woman Seeking an Abortion
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Women who want an abortion should be counseled about their options. Abortion is the only alternative for many women and it can be done safely. In the past, it was done surgically, but now effective drugs are available. Mifepristone (RU-486) is not available in the US, so doctors began using methotrexate. It is usually combined with misoprostol. Cost can be a barrier for some women as is access. Most abortion services are located in large metropolitan areas. Many women and doctors are also harassed at abortion clinics by anti-abortion activists. Effective contraception is the best way to reduce the abortion rate.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Emergency contraception - expanding opportunities for primary prevention
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Physicians in the US need to do more to promote the use of emergency contraception. This is contraception that is used shortly after unprotected intercourse, rather than before. Use of emergency contraception could substantially lower abortion rates, since two to three times more women have abortions than use emergency contraception. Any drug that interferes with ovulation or embryo implantation should not be considered an abortion drug. Regular birth control pills are very effective for emergency contraception, as is Norplant. The FDA approved birth control pills for this purpose in 1997.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1997
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Self-administered emergency contraception - a second chance
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Until emergency contraceptives can be sold without a prescription, physicians should give women a prescription for a supply of pills that can be kept at home. These pills are used to prevent conception shortly after intercourse. A 1998 study found that a home supply of these pills reduced the rate of unplanned pregnancies. Almost half of all births in the US are unplanned and the rate is even higher in women under 20. Half of unplanned pregnancies occur in women who use contraceptives.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1998
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