OTC Emergency Contraception Not Linked To Sexual Activity Increase – JAMA
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Study data support “the hypothesis that behavior is not influenced by access to EC and that women who have increased access to EC do not have more unprotected intercourse,” researchers say. FDA had cited concerns over the potential for increased sexual activity in adolescents in rejecting OTC sale of Barr’s Plan B.
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