Morning-after pill causes furor in Chile
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Chile began supplying morning-after pills to girls as young as 14 this week under a program that has created an uproar in the politically leftist but socially conservative country, which still outlaws all abortions and only legalized divorce two years ago.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Manuel Lincovil is one of the  most sought-after doctors in La Pintana, an area of Chile's  capital Santiago known for its poverty, alcoholism and gang  violence.
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The Chilean government warns pharmacies refusing to sell the morning-after pill they will face stiff sanctions.
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The largest protest march since Chile&#39;s police state ended 14 years ago turned violent Friday when demonstrators waged pitched street battles with riot police before President
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Plan B, an emergency contraceptive, is under review again by the Food and Drug Administration after it previously denied over-the-counter sale of the drug. Women's groups charge the decision was political, not scientific.
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LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - Scientists reported on  Wednesday a remarkable new side effect of the Pill -- it  changes women's preference in men.
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Peru's health minister vows to push on with plans to make emergency contraception available, amid legal threats.
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The popularity of the morning-after pill Plan B has surged in the year since the federal government approved the sale of the controversial emergency contraceptive without a prescription.
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Further complicity between UK abortionists and the Spanish abortion clinic, Ginemedex, is revealed in The Sunday Telegraph (UK) today.
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Politicians and pharmacists in Italy responded angrily on Tuesday to an appeal by Pope Benedict for pharmacists to refuse to dispense drugs such as the "morning after pill" if they object on moral grounds.
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Some see easy access to emergency contraception as a way to drastically reduce teen pregnancy, already on the decline since the early 1990s. Others worry that its long-term effects on young women are unknown or argue that the drug, also known as the "morning after pill," encourages teens to have sex. Ultimately, it will be up to Food and Drug Administration officials to decide: Should older teens be able to buy emergency contraception over the counter?
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Women's rights groups seeking easier access to emergency contraception are pressuring U.S. regulators as they try to decide whether to approve a non-prescription "morning-after" pill.
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Bush and America&#39;s leadership of Iraq war are targets of many in Chile; scores detained. By Alan Clendenning. SANTIAGO, Chile -- More than 25,000 protesters marched through downtown Santiago on Friday, demonstrating
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When taken within five days after unprotected sex, mifepristone works as well for emergency contraception as the approved drug levonorgestrel, UK researchers report.
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SANTIAGO -- Police used tear gas, water cannons, and clubs against demonstrators staging nationwide protests yesterday over government social and economic policies. More than 370 people were detained, officials said. About 50 protesters and 18 police officers were injured, none seriously. Senator Alejandro Navarro, who joined the demonstration against the government's free-market policies, was clubbed in the head by a ...
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The manufacturer of the morning-after pill resubmitted an application Friday seeking federal approval to sell the emergency contraceptive without a prescription.
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The Food and Drug Administration will add additional warnings to RU-48, the so-called &#39;morning after pill&#39; after the death of an 18 year-old California woman last year.