By A. Foster, L. Wynn
Regardless of its security and efficacy, emergency birth control (EC) maintains to spark political controversy world wide. during this edited quantity, authors discover how emergency birth control has been acquired, interpreted, and politicized, in the course of the in-depth exam of the adventure of EC in sixteen person international locations.
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For example, in one randomized trial considering the effect of advance ECP provision on ongoing methods of contraception, teens receiving EC supplies in advance were more likely to use ECPs when needed but did not report higher frequencies of unprotected sex, did not use condoms or hormonal contraception less often, and did not exhibit higher rates of STIs (Gold et al. 2004). Another study demonstrated that educating teens about ECPs does Emergency Contraception: Hopes and Realities 33 not increase their sexual activity levels or use of EC but does increase their knowledge about proper administration of the drug (Graham et al.
But it is unlikely that expanding access will have a major impact on reducing the rate of unintended pregnancy, primarily because the incidence of unprotected intercourse is so high, ECPs are only moderately effective, and ECPs are not used often enough. P a r t II Country C ase Studies Chapter 3 U n i t e d S t at e s : A c t i v i s m , S e x u a l A rc h e t y pe s, a n d t h e P o l i t i c i z at i o n o f S c i e n c e L. L. Wynn Introduction This chapter describes an emergency contraception (EC) movement of nearly two decades in the United States, driven by an eclectic mix of reproductive health activists who sought to expand the range of contraceptive choices and opposed by conservative politicians and religious activists who portrayed EC as a technology of moral degeneracy.
P a r t II Country C ase Studies Chapter 3 U n i t e d S t at e s : A c t i v i s m , S e x u a l A rc h e t y pe s, a n d t h e P o l i t i c i z at i o n o f S c i e n c e L. L. Wynn Introduction This chapter describes an emergency contraception (EC) movement of nearly two decades in the United States, driven by an eclectic mix of reproductive health activists who sought to expand the range of contraceptive choices and opposed by conservative politicians and religious activists who portrayed EC as a technology of moral degeneracy.