A friendly reminder, on Human Rights Day:

November 2022.  An article recently published in the German edition of Glamour points at an important element in EC knowledge and use in many countries:  the ban on EC advertising in media outlets, and how it contributes to the low knowledge of this contraceptive method. “I was unprepared for everything I had to endure that…

November 2021. In a valuable monitoring effort, a journalist from MaltaToday conducted again and for the 2nd year in a row, a survey to assess EC accessibility. Through a phone interview, pharmacies that will be on-call in the coming 6 weekends and holidays were asked if they sell emergency contraception (EC) pills, or not. According…

On March 5, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is hosting a conference to launch the results of the largest violence against women survey ever undertaken in the EU.  Findings are based on interviews with 42,000 women across the 28 EU Member States and focus on women’s experiences of physical, sexual, and psychological…

March 2023. Luxembourg just announced a new policy regarding contraception: all short and long acting reversible contraceptives requiring a medical prescription and irreversible contraceptives will be fully covered without age-limits. Emergency contraception pills will be provided free of cost in any pharmacy, and a doctor’s prescription will not be required for gratuity. This new policy…

October 2019. According to the National Survey on Sexual Health and Contraception among Spanish Youth, promoted by the Spanish Society of Contraception (SEC), 29,7% of young women have ever used emergency contraception (EC) pills. These figures vary when broken down by ages: 14,4% of 16 to 18 years old have ever used EC; 19,9% of…

May 2024. Two recent studies looked into EC dispensing practices in community pharmacies in Europe.