Adolescent access to emergency contraception: a comment on the UK context

Fallon, D

Abstract

The provision of emergency contraception (EC) in the United Kingdom (UK) has been transformed over the past decade through advances in pharmacology and the implementation
of governmental measures to reduce teenage pregnancy rates. This paper considers how these issues have developed in the current social and political context with specific reference to adolescent access to EC in the UK. It highlights the concerns caused by increased availability
of EC and the tension between adolescent rights to confidential treatment and advice, and professional anxiety about encouraging secrecy or parental deception. It concludes that adolescents, whilst benefiting from increased access to EC may also face a series of challenges
as a result.

Citation

Fallon, D. (2009). Adolescent access to emergency contraception: a comment on the UK context. European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, 14(2), 120-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/13625180802665115

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: May 9, 2011
• Journal: The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care
• Print ISSN: 1362-5187
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 120-126
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13625180802665115
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13625180802665115