title: When states regulate emergency contraceptives like abortion, what should guide disclosure?
abstract: State laws dictating "informed consent" about surgical and chemical abortions sometimes ensnare emergency contraceptives (EC), as the science surrounding EC shows. Courts evaluating mandated disclosures gravitate to professional norms rather than the information most women would value: basic factual information about EC so that they can decide for themselves whether to use these drugs.
authors.affiliation: Member of the California Bar, a graduate of the Washington and Lee University School of Law, and a former Law Fellow with the University of Illinois College of Law.
authors.forename: Cameron O'Brien
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: Robin Fretwell
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital