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Emergency contraception: a reasonable personal choice or a destructive societal influence?

Greene MF

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. mfgreene@partners.org

A 2003 petition to the US Food and Drug Administration by the manufacturer to move levonorgestrel emergency contraception from prescription status to over-the-counter sale embroiled the Agency in politics and remains controversial in some circles. This essay addresses the current remaining main points of contoversy about the medication and the Agency's decision.

Published 31 December 2007 in Clin Pharmacol Ther, 83(1): 17-9.
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