Emergency Contraception under Attack in Latin America: Response of the Medical Establishment and Civil Society

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 15, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 130-138

  Faúndes, Aníbal ^a   Távara, Luis ^b   Brache, Vivian ^c   Alvarez, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FLASOG (Latin American Federation of Obstetric and Gynecology Societies)   (Peru)

^c PROFAMILIA   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

advocacy and political process; anti abortion groups movement; Catholic church; emergency contraception; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; LEVONORGESTREL; STEROID HORMONE;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MONOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIGION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CATHOLICISM; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; POLITICS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 34248364832     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(07)29300-0     Document Type: Article

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