Contraception
Increased access to emergency contraception does not increase sexual risk behavior
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 6th, 2005
"The United States Food and Drug Administration cited an absence of data on young adolescents as the reason the emergency contraceptive, Plan B, could not be moved over-the-counter. This study analyzed data on young adolescents with increased access to emergency contraception. We conducted an age-stratified analysis with previously published data from a randomized, controlled trial of Plan B with a sample size of 2,117, including 964 adolescents, 90 of whom were aged younger than 16 years," scientists in the United States report.
"Participants...
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