European Contraception Policy Atlas 2020
If you missed the on-line launch of the Atlas today, YouTube is here to help: https://youtu.be/5sT5mKS-UtI
If you missed the on-line launch of the Atlas today, YouTube is here to help: https://youtu.be/5sT5mKS-UtI The UK organisation BPAS, launched a campaign that calls on pharmacies to reduce the cost of EC pills. As stated in ECEC´s last update on access to EC in Europe, the prices for both LNG and UPA EC pills when procured directly at the pharmacy in certain regions of the United Kingdom and in Ireland, are the higher in…
ECEC has recently become aware of two great videos that detail EC’s mode of action. The first one, released by HRA Pharma this year, can be found here. The second one, which was released by the Royal Women’s Hospital in Australia and is designed to reach adolescents and girls, can be found here. Both of…
April 2024. According to the Russian State Register of Medical Products emergency contraception (EC) pills containing levonorgestrel under the brand names Escapel and Postinor, have been switched to OTC products and can be bought without a doctor’s prescription since January 2024. See registration certificates here and here.
July 2024. In Massachusetts, a standing order policy was introduced in August 2022, to remove barriers to contraceptive prescription. The standing order allows pharmacists to prescribe ulipristal acetate ECPs (which are prescription-only in the US) and LNG ECPs (which are OTC). A study, by Qato et al., aimed at evaluating the association of this policy…
The European label for the EC product Norlevo has been updated with two major changes. In keeping with current evidence, the new label now says that LNG EC works by interfering with ovulation, and the language about the possibility that LNG EC might prevent implantation of a fertilized egg has been removed. The second change…

February 2023. On February 8th, the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights (EPF) launched the 6th edition of the European Contraception Policies Atlas. Members of the European Parliament Sophie in ‘t Veld and Fred Matic, chaired the event. The United Kingdom, France and Belgium are once again in the top three positions, while…
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