Emergency Contraception OTC Sale Backed By BMJ Study Authors
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
UK researchers advocate OTC sale of emergency contraception (EC) in the U.S., finding that nonprescription availability in Britain did not lead to an increase in unprotected sex
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