title: ISGE statement on oral emergency contraception.
abstract: Unintended pregnancy is an important public health problem worldwide. Unwanted pregnancies may end in induced abortion (legal or illegal, safe or unsafe) or in childbirth. In many parts of the world both can be life threatening. Even where both are safe, abortion is distressing for all concerned while unwanted births often lead to poor health and social outcomes for both the mother and her child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , Scotland .
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glasier
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gemzell-Danielsson
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bouchard
authors.forename: Andrea R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Genazzani
authors.forename: Farook
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Al-Azzawi
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berga
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Birkhaeuser
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brincat
authors.forename: Nilson R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: De Melo
authors.forename: Jean Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Foidart
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kenemans
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lunenfeld
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruo
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milewicz
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Naftolin
authors.forename: Ernest H Y
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Adolf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schindler
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Simoncini
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Nestor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Siseles
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smetnik
authors.forename: Basil
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tarlatzis
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: von Schoultz
mesh_terms: D044363:Contraception, Postcoital / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003270:Contraceptive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016912:Levonorgestrel / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D009649:Norpregnadienes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D003270:Contraceptive Agents; D009649:Norpregnadienes; D016912:Levonorgestrel; C555622:ulipristal acetate
keywords: Emergency oral contraception; levonorgestrel; pregnancy