Over-the-counter emergency contraception in Italy: ethical reflections and medico-legal issues.
emergency contraception
human reproduction
informed consent
medical ethics
ulipristal acetate
Journal
Frontiers in global women's health
ISSN: 2673-5059
Titre abrégé: Front Glob Womens Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101776281
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
22
06
2023
accepted:
06
09
2023
medline:
4
10
2023
pubmed:
4
10
2023
entrez:
4
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Although more than ten years have passed since the marketing of Ulipristal acetate in Europe, emergency contraception remains a complex issue with many scientific, legal, ethical and social implications. The topic is an example of the differences that can exist between scientific evidence, the certainties on which law is based, and social implications. This paper shows the incompleteness of the scientific reconstruction on the effects of emergency hormonal contraceptives and the dangerousness of the decision to alienate the supply of over-the-counter drugs from the general rules of health care. This report shows the incompleteness of the scientific reconstruction on the effects of emergency hormonal contraceptives and the dangerousness of the decision to alienate the supply of over-the-counter drugs from the general rules of health care. Various ethical and medico-legal issues will be addressed, also focusing attention on underage women whose sexual and reproductive health requires not abandoning them, but actually taking charge of them without medicalizing their choices.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37790088
doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2023.1205208
pmc: PMC10544570
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1205208Informations de copyright
© 2023 Scendoni, Cingolani, Cembriani, Fedeli, Tambone, Terranova and De Micco.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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