Youth and EC

June 2020. ECEC participated in the webinar organised by FP2020 “Emergency contraception and young people. Your questions answered” on June 16th. These are some of the issues addressed:

  • What are the facts about young people’s use of EC? Does it match our assumptions?
  • Is it safe for young people to use EC frequently? How frequent is too frequent?
  • How can you best balance advocacy for EC with longer acting methods?

The recording can be watched in English and in French.

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