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Int J Gynaecol Obstet
January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Background: Female sterilization, a safe, permanent method of contraception that blocks the fallopian tubes, has been in use since the 19th century. The procedure necessitates informed consent, a critical step that has been marred by reports of forced sterilization since World War II. These incidents often stem from inadequate consent processes where ethical principles are overlooked or deliberately flouted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContracept Reprod Med
December 2024
Faculty of Science Education, Department of Health Administration and Education, University of Education, P.O Box 25, Winneba, Central Region, West African, Ghana.
Background: Emergency Contraception (EC) is more popular among young people today, yet, there is little research on Over-the-counter procured EC among undergraduate students in African universities. This study's primary goal is to fill that gap.
Methods: This was an exploratory-cross-sequential study conducted in a public university in Ghana, using 145 purposively sampled sexually active undergraduate students.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
December 2024
Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Objective: Emergency contraception serves as the only dependable method for women to prevent pregnancy following unprotected sex. Among emergency contraception methods, the copper intrauterine device provides continuous, highly effective contraception for over a decade. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and side effects of the copper intrauterine device over methods containing levonorgestrel for emergency contraception.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReprod Health
December 2024
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh, icddr,b, GPO Box 128, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
Background: Despite high coverage of antenatal care (ANC) and family welfare assistant (FWA) visits, emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) awareness is critically low in Bangladesh. We aim to investigate the missed opportunities in generating ECP awareness through ANC and FWA visit programs; and assess the missed opportunities and sociodemographic discrimination in receiving family planning (FP) counseling during ANC.
Methods: We used data from the nationwide Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18.
JMIR Infodemiology
December 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St Louis, MO, United States.
Background: After the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, confusion followed regarding the legality of abortion in different states across the country. Recent studies found increased Google searches for abortion-related terms in restricted states after the Dobbsv.
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