Levonorgestrel in cases of rape: How does it work?
作者： Kathleen Mary Raviele
DOI: 10.1179/2050854914Y.0000000017
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摘要: The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services allows the use of an emergency contraceptive a woman who has been raped, as defense against her attacker's sperm, provided drug prevents fertilization does not act conceived human life. rooms around country have pressured to provide Plan B (LNG-EC) patients seeking help after sexual assault. bioethicists supported this based on their interpretation scientific literature regarding its mechanism action. This paper presents review mechanisms action LNG-EC when given during fertile window, showing high probability that it acts life rather than preventing fertilization, proposes another class drugs possible alternative.
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