Abstract
Emergency Contraception for French Adolescents: Is Free and Easy the Best?
Highlights
Based on the premise that easy access to emergency contraception (EC) would make it possible for adolescents to avoid abortion, nearly 20 years ago France implemented an exception-to-the-rule policy, granting minors free and easy access to this “day-after” medication
We will discuss the impact of this decision
The two medicinal products involved, subject to regulation of harmful substances constituting health hazards, benefit from a specific exception: EC can be dispensed without medical prescription
Summary
Submission: April 15, 2018; Published: May 16, 2018 *Corresponding author: Florence Taboulet, Droit pharmaceutique et Économie de la santé, UMR 1027 Inserm, Université Toulouse III, 35 chemin des Maraîchers-31062 Toulouse cedex 09, France, Email: Abstract The free and anonymous dispensing of emergency contraceptive pills to minors in France derogates from classic rules of health security and does not guarantee appropriate use of this medication.
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