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Physician Group Supports Safety, Availability of Over-the-Counter Emergency Option

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 15th, 2001

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued new and revised documents on the safety and availability of emergency oral contraception (EC).

ACOG says the fallback contraceptive method - a regimen of oral contraceptives that must be taken within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse - has the potential to reduce by half the three million unintended pregnancies occurring each year in the U.S.

ACOG supports making EC available to women over-the-counter in a designated (prepackaged) product, according to its recent "Statement Supporting the Availability of Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception."

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