[Vision2020] Morning After Pill
Art Deco aka W. Fox
deco@moscow.com
Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:31:13 -0800
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Study: 'Morning after pill' doesn't alter teen sex
Cnn Thursday, April 1, 2004 Posted: 11:11 AM EST (1611 GMT)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Teenagers who have emergency "morning-after"
birth control pills at home are no more likely than other young people to have
unprotected sex, a study found.
University of Pittsburgh researchers questioned women ages 15 to 20 who had
immediate access to the pills and those who did not. The study, published in the
April issue of the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, was conducted
between 1997 and 2001.
"People seem to be really worried that if young women knew that they had this
that they would drop their usual methods and go out and have rampant sex," said
Melanie A. Gold, the study's lead author.
At the end of the six months, 26 teenagers who were given the pills reported
using them 38 times. In the group that was not given the pills but had to go out
and get them, 20 teenagers reported using them 24 times.
Morning-after pills are high-dose birth control pills that can be taken soon
after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy. They work by blocking the
implantation of a fertilized egg in the uterus.
In February, the Food and Drug Administration delayed a decision on whether to
allow the pills to be sold over the counter because it wanted more information
on the use of the pills by 16- and 17-year-olds.
Opponents have argued that making the pills too accessible could lead to more
cases of unsafe sex and an increase in sexually transmitted disease. Proponents
say the pills reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.
In this latest study, researchers followed 301 women who were recruited from a
clinic at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. Participants agreed to speak with
researchers once a month about their sex lives and use of contraception.
The study found that those who were given the pills used them much sooner than
the teens that did not have them.
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<P>In February, the Food and Drug Administration delayed a decision on =
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