Hospitals Still Reluctant To Offer Plan B Pill

Even as the Plan B emergency birth control pill was heading toward more widespread availability at pharmacy counters, 40 percent of rape victims who sought care at Connecticut hospitals in the first half of 2006 were not offered the medication or were sent home without the full dose of the drug needed to prevent pregnancy, rape counselors say. Full Story »

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Subjects: Health, Extra
Topics: New England
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Posted by: Posted by Aldon Hynes - Jan 19, 2007 - 9:45 AM PST
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Edited by: Aldon Hynes - Jan 19, 2007 - 9:46 AM PST

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Aldon Hynes
3.9
by Aldon Hynes - Oct. 1, 2008

This article takes a fairly objective look at a very contentious issue, providing both new information as well as context.

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Jami Dwyer
4.8
by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Great story; important topic. Only caveat is that it didn't address the weird fact that apparently some rape victims are given "less than a full dose" of EC. Why would that happen?

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