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

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Summary

Florence Taboulet*

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.

Introduction
Unlimited and Free Supply
Absence of a prescribing physician
Incapacitating pharmacists in fulfilling their mission
Unlimited entitlement
Recourse to EC
The impact of greater accessibility to EC
Findings
Conclusion
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