"Expanding knowledge and access
to emergency contraception"
"Expanding knowledge and access to emergency contraception in Europe"
February 2021. The Radio Télévision Suisse program 15 Minutes, looks at the Swiss model of emergency contraception dispensation through pharmacies, in which consultation is mandatory and paid for by the client.
Journalist Coraline Pauchard looks at the pros and cons of this model, in a report that you can listen here (in French).
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…
Pro Familia Hungaria’s Affiliation Society of Békés County and the Reproductive Health Working Group of the Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at Szeged have translated ICEC’s Emergency Contraceptive Pills: Medical and Service Delivery Guidelines into Hungarian. In an effort to fulfill its mission to increase knowledge and access to EC in Europe, ECEC…
May 2026. The next FIAPAC Conference will take place in Barcelona in October 2-3, 2026. FIAPAC is Europe’s leading forum bringing together healthcare professionals, researchers, and activists working in the fields of contraception and abortion. This year’s conference will explore the concept of “contragestion”: a potential fertility control intervention situated between contraception and abortion; a…
July 2020. A mystery shopper study recently published in the BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health (PMID:32554399, Full text) explores the standard of care around accessing EC from community pharmacies in the United Kingdom. The study concludes that while availability of EC from pharmacies has improved access, the need to have a consultation with a pharmacist introduces…
November 2024. The Study Lucía: Uses and preferences of contraceptive methods in women aged 15 to 49 years in Argentina, was recently published. This quantitative and qualitative research has consulted 2,000 women and people identifyin as LGTB from all over the nation. The study findings, published in September 2024, include valuable information about access to…
September 2021. BBC3 recently reported the case of two women in the United Kingdom being denied emergency contraception from their local pharmacy, which triggered serious criticism from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) president: “Pharmacy refusal to provide emergency contraception is ‘completely unacceptable’”, said professor Claire Anderson. In 2017, the RPS updated its own guidance on EC prescribing. In…
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