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Review
. 2014 Oct;30(10):681-2.
doi: 10.3109/09513590.2014.950649.

ISGE statement on oral emergency contraception

Anna Glasier  1 , Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Philippe Bouchard, Andrea R Genazzani, Farook Al-Azzawi, Sarah Berga, Martin Birkhaeuser, Mark Brincat, Nilson R De Melo, Jean Michel Foidart, Peter Kenemans, Bruno Lunenfeld, Takeshi Maruo, Andrzej Milewicz, Frederick Naftolin, Ernest H Y Ng, Adolf Schindler, Carlos Simon, Tommaso Simoncini, Evan Simpson, Nestor Siseles, Vera Smetnik, Basil Tarlatzis, Bo von Schoultz
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Review

ISGE statement on oral emergency contraception

Anna Glasier et al. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

Unintended pregnancy is an important public health problem worldwide. Unwanted pregnancies may end in induced abortion (legal or illegal, safe or unsafe) or in childbirth. In many parts of the world both can be life threatening. Even where both are safe, abortion is distressing for all concerned while unwanted births often lead to poor health and social outcomes for both the mother and her child.

Keywords: Emergency oral contraception; levonorgestrel; pregnancy.

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