When states regulate emergency contraceptives like abortion, what should guide disclosure?

Flynn, C.O.'B.; Wilson, R.F.

Journal of Law Medicine and Ethics a Journal of the American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics 43(1): 72-86

2015


ISSN/ISBN: 1748-720X
PMID: 25846040
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12197
Document Number: 626523
State laws dictating "informed consent" about surgical and chemical abortions sometimes ensnare emergency contraceptives (EC), as the science surrounding EC shows. Courts evaluating mandated disclosures gravitate to professional norms rather than the information most women would value: basic factual information about EC so that they can decide for themselves whether to use these drugs.

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When states regulate emergency contraceptives like abortion, what should guide disclosure?