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Contraceptive Methods: Potential for Abuse

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 17th, 1997

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, "Contraceptive technologies are one of the most extraordinary advances of the twentieth century, enabling women and men to prevent unwanted pregnancy. They have also been criticized for giving rise to abusive practices in the name of population control. Some people have even argued that contraceptive methods which have a potential for abuse should not be developed. We maintain that eliminating research on such methods does not address the problem of abuse. Abuse has been defined as the violation of the right to liberty and security of the person, which requires that an...

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