Emergency contraception: a reasonable personal choice or a destructive societal influence?

Greene, M.F.

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 83(1): 17-19

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 0009-9236
PMID: 18165824
DOI: 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100433
Document Number: 626992
A 2003 petition to the US Food and Drug Administration by the manufacturer to move levonorgestrel emergency contraception from prescription status to over-the-counter sale embroiled the Agency in politics and remains controversial in some circles. This essay addresses the current remaining main points of contoversy about the medication and the Agency's decision.

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