ArticleThe Linacre quarterly2014
Levonorgestrel in cases of rape: How does it work?
Article in The Linacre quarterly, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Catholic Hospitals Should Permit Physicians to Provide Emergency Contraception to Rape Victims as an Act of Conscientious Provision.The Linacre quarterly · 2023Article
- Clinical Pharmacology of Hormonal Emergency Contraceptive Pills.International journal of reproductive medicine · 2018Review
- Appreciation for analysis of how levonorgestrel works and reservations with the use of meloxicam as emergency contraception.The Linacre quarterly · 2016Article
- Mechanism of action of levonorgestrel emergency contraception.The Linacre quarterly · 2015Review
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Abstract
The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services allows the use of an emergency contraceptive for a woman who has been raped, as a defense against her attacker's sperm, provided the drug prevents fertilization and does not act against a conceived human life. Catholic emergency rooms around the country have been pressured to provide Plan B (LNG-EC) to patients seeking help after a sexual assault. Catholic bioethicists have supported the use of this drug based on their interpretation of the scientific literature regarding its mechanism of action. This paper presents a review of the mechanisms of action of LNG-EC when given during the fertile window, showing a high probability that it acts against human life rather than preventing fertilization, and proposes another class of drugs as a possible alternative.
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