%0 Journal Article
%T Emergency contraception: different bioethical perspectives
%A Marco Bo
%J Emergency Care Journal
%D 2007
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/ecj.2007.5.39
%X Emergency contraceptives, in this case post-morning pills, are contraceptive methods used to avoid an unwanted pregnancy after an unprotected sexual intercourse. Their use is feeding a strong ethical debate between subjects for and against their prescription and leading some health professionals to conscientious objection. Among people contrary to prescription some oppose to it because of a general refuse of all contraceptive methods, others considering post-morning pills as abortive. Among people supporting prescription, some consider emergency contraception necessary to assure fundamental womenĄŻs rights, in particular the right to sexual auto-determination, while others prescribe emergency contraception only to avoid a greater demand for abortion. It is up to the Italian National Health Service warranting a correct balance between the two opposite positions, that can protect womenĄŻs right of access to health services.
%U http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1264