Media coverage of emergency contraception

Bush Administration 's Media Coverage of Emergency

Contraceptive : A Selected News Organization Review

Introduction

The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP ) defines emergency contraceptives ' as methods of preventing pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse . It does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs . It is use when a condom breaks , after a sexual assault , or any time unprotected sexual intercourse occurs

Emergency contraceptive are not for individuals who are sexually active or plan to be for it is not a sole protection for pregnancy . In 2004 Barr Laboratories , New York , labeled

the emergency contraceptive as the best kept secret

In March 2004 , Lee cited J Abbot in Boodman of the 1995 comment of Dr David Grimes , professor of obstetrics and gynecology , that , Doctors won 't get a chance to tell patients about it unless women ask about it And women don 't know about it so they don 't ask . Knowledge about this subject is largely restricted to college campuses and Planned Parenthood clinics ' That same year , the Kaiser Family Foundation , a nonprofit health policy and research group , concluded that only 60 percent of 270 women over 18 who faced the potential of unwanted pregnancy had ever heard of ECPs . Only 1 in 5 of the women who had heard of emergency contraception knew that it was effective if taken within three days

Homeier (2005 ) states that high doses of hormones like estrogen and progesterone prevent pregnancy . The number emergency contraceptive pills (ECP ) taken depends on the type of pill being used . She added that the first dose of pills should be taken within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse followed by a second dose of pills 12 hours later . ECPs work primarily by delaying ovulation (the release of an egg during the monthly cycle , however , they can also affect the movement and function of the sperm , the development of the uterine lining , and the actual fertilization process . They were less effective if fertilization has already occurred

Emergency contraception as pointed out by Homeier (2005 ) was most effective when taken as soon as possible after unprotected sex . She added the pills will not prevent pregnancy if a girl has unprotected sex after taking the emergency contraceptive pills

History of Fertility Control

The Universal Phenomenon of Fertility Control

According to Hoffman (1993 ) in Lee (2005 ) it reported that technology has changed the menu of contraceptive and abortifacient options , the quest for fertility control was a universal phenomenon . He added that In every known culture - literate or preliterate , primitive or modern - people have attempted to regulate their fertility ' This was an important fact to recall during the ECP controversy in which critics question the justification for access to effective fertility control These historical examples are evidence not only of the desire to control reproduction but also of the conviction that it is proper to do so and of the aspiration to do so (Lee , 2005

Marian Lee (2005 ) wrote the ancient Egyptians ' practices of pessary made of crocodile dung , a medicated lint tampon...