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Europe: Sexual and reproductive health and rights policy Hub
November 2023 – The European Parliamentarian Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Health (EPF) launched the SRHR Policy Hub, an interactive platform through which country by country data from the Global Contraception Policy Atlas can be visualized, compared and downloaded. The Global Contraception Policy Atlas includes information on emergency contraception (EC) registration status, provision of EC…
Historic step in the USA: FDA updates language on LNG ECPs mechanism of action
December 2022. In the United States, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) just approved to change the label of Plan B One-Step (a levonorgestrel 1,5 emergency contraception pill) and its generic versions, in order to remove language suggesting that it prevents implantation of a fertilized egg. Until now, and despite what scientific evidence and research has…
New Italian edition of EC guideline
The Italian edition of Emergency Contraception: A guideline for service provision in Europe is already available. See Contraccezione di emergenza Una linea guida per la fornitura di servizi in Europa. This edition has been published in March 2015 with the endorsement of the Societa’ Italiana di Ginecologia e Ostetricia, Associazione Ostetrici Ginecologi Ospedalieri Italiani, Societa’…
Slovakia: Failed attempt to reinstate prescription for EC pills
December 2019. A draft bill proposing a number of measures to make pregnancy termination services less accessible a was introduced in the Parliament at the end of November, by members of the Slovak National Party. During the discussion new amendments were introduced, among which, reinstating mandatory prescription to buy EC pills. The proposed bill was…
Using EC after missed oral contraceptive pills
November 2020. The European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC) organises the webinar “Dilemmas in contraception”, which will include a discussion on what to do when emergency contraception pills are needed because of missed oral contraception pills. The webinar will take place on November 18 at 16h00 Central European Time. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xNT5kKbAQMSzet3u2rOHtA …
European Cross-National Study About EC Use and Attitudes
A study published in the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care in 2013 sought to identify knowledge of and attitudes towards EC among women from five European countries. Sexually-active women from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom were asked about their use of and opinions on EC in an internet-based survey….