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Emergency contraception — Background Birth control type Hormonal (progestin or others) or intra uterine First use 1970s Failure rates (per use) Perfect use ECP: see article text IUD: under 1% … Wikipedia
Contraception — A diaphragm (a type of physical barrier method) in its case, with a quarter added for scale … Wikipedia
Emergency contraceptive availability by country — The following is a list of countries that allow access to dedicated purpose emergency contraceptive pills.EuropeFinlandThe Yuzpe regimen was introduced under the name Neoprimavlar in 1987. In 2002 levonorgestrel only EC (NorLevo 750 µg) became… … Wikipedia
Contraception d'urgence — La contraception d’urgence[1] ou contraception post coïtale, encore appelée contraception du lendemain (communément dénommée pilule du lendemain)[2], se définit comme les méthodes contraceptives qu’une femme peut utiliser pour prévenir la… … Wikipédia en Français
contraception — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ effective, reliable ▪ artificial ▪ emergency ▪ oral VERB + CONTRACEPTION ▪ … Collocations dictionary
emergency — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dire, extreme, major, real, serious, true ▪ Don t call me unless its a real emergency. ▪ life threatening … Collocations dictionary
contraception — Prevention of conception or impregnation. emergency hormonal c. SYN: morning after pill. SYN: postcoital c.. postcoital c. SYN: emergency hormonal c.. * * * con·tra·cep·tion .kän trə sep shən n deliberate … Medical dictionary
postcoital contraception — emergency contraception prevention of pregnancy after intercourse has taken place. This can be achieved by two methods, which aim to prevent implantation of the fertilized ovum in the uterus: 1) two spaced oral doses of levonorgestrel (Levonelle) … The new mediacal dictionary
Hormonal contraception — Infobox Birth control name = Hormonal contraception width = caption = bc type = Hormonal date first use = 1960 rate type = Failure perfect failure% = Varies by method: 0.05 2 typical failure% = Varies by method: 0.05 9 duration effect = Various… … Wikipedia
Christian views on contraception — Prior to the 20th century, contraception was generally condemned by all the major branches of Christianity (the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism)[1] including the major reformers like Martin Luther and John Calvin.[2] However … Wikipedia
