Emergency Oral Contraception

Article Calls For OTC Status By FDA

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 29th, 2001

Medical and legal commentators in the July 2001 issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology argue that under long-standing federal legislation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is authorized and should be required to switch emergency oral contraception (EC) to over-the-counter (OTC) status without delay.

EC is a specific combination of birth control pills that can help prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse. Experts predict that widespread access to EC could prevent up to half of the three million unintended pregnancies in the U.S. each year. Currently, there are two FDA-approved prescription EC products.

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