Emergency Contraception in Brazil: Exploring the Journey of the Medication and Current Availability

Brazil’s healthcare system currently offers a wide range of contraception options and emergency contraception (EC) has been among them since the late 1990s. Abortion, however, is severely legally restricted and high rates of both teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortion plague the country. Given this c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rocha Tavares, Marilia Paula
Other Authors: Foster, Angel
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2017
Subjects:
EC
ECP
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36225
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-20505