Malta Medical Journal editorial on emergency contraception

ByCristina Puig

(October 5, 2016)  The fall issue of the Journal of the University of Malta Medical School (Vol.28 Issue 3, 2016) focuses its editorial on emergency contraception. The article states that the most recent scientific evidence shows that LNG ECP delays ovulation and does not prevent implantation nor does ECP cause the loss of implanted embryos, and calls for a rigorous and evidence-based approach when debating this issue. Read the editorial here and related news published on Malta Today here.

 

 

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