Spain: EC use drops due to the pandemic
July 2021. According to the Spanish Society of Contraception (SEC), use of emergency contraception pills dropped among women aged 25 to 30 and 35 to 40, from 38% to 2,7. Read more here:
July 2021. According to the Spanish Society of Contraception (SEC), use of emergency contraception pills dropped among women aged 25 to 30 and 35 to 40, from 38% to 2,7. Read more here:

May 2025. Sales of emergency contraception (EC) pills are rising again in Norway after a few years of gradual decline, according to the latest drug consumption report from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet), published in June 2024. In 2023, approximately 129.000 packages of EC pills were sold nationwide. This marks a reversal of…

March 2026. The Asociación Médica Argentina de Anticoncepción (AMAdA) published a new consensus document on emergency contraception (EC). This provides evidence-based recommendations on the use of regular EC methods (levonorgestrel (LNG) and ulipristal acetate (UPA) EC pills and the copper-bearing intrauterine device (IUD)), and also addresses the use of LNG-releasing IUD for EC. The document…

March 2024. In January 2019 a pharmacist refused to fill a prescription for the ulipristal acetate emergency contraception pill (ECP), in Aitkin County (a rural area of Minnesota) citing his religious believes. The case was brought to the county court in August 2022, where the jury found that the pharmacist had not discriminated against the…
October 2020. On October 8th the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) reclassified ulipistral acetate (UPA) EC pill EllaOne to “non-prescription but non-over-the-counter medicinal product” (Resolution no. 998). To date, women under 18 needed a medical prescritpion, prior to purchasing UPA ECPs at the pharmacy. According to AIFA’s statment, this measure aims to further protect the physical and psychological health of adolescents, and…
March 20th, 2018. The International Medical Advisory Panel (IMAP) of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), just published its new Statement on emergency contraception (EC). This document offers guidance for health care providers to strengthen the provision of EC services according to the latest research, experiences and international recommendations. While the Statement is primarily intended to inform IPPF Member Associations, it also provides…
December 2022. The Ministry of Health in Honduras recently published a new protocol to provide comprehensive care to survivors of sexual violence (Protocolo de Atención Integral a Víctimas / Sobrevivientes de Violencia Sexual). The protocol includes the provision of emergency contraception as part of the first line treatment, which is a major step forward. At…
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