Emergency Contraception
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
Date Published: 2012
Description
This policy statement on emergency contraceptives for adolescents covers background, definition, and description of available options, focusing on pharmacologic methods of emergency contraception used within 120 hours of unprotected or underprotected coitus for the prevention of unintended pregnancy. It does not address intrauterine devices.
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