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| Study fuels debate about teens and morning-after pill |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/05/2004 |
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Teenagers who have access to emergency contraception at home are not more likely to have unprotected sex, a study has found. University of Pittsburgh researchers questioned teenagers who had immediate access to the morning-after pills at home and those who did not. Over six months, the teenagers who had the pills on hand reported no more instances of unprotected sex but were more likely to use the pills, and use them sooner, according to the study being published this month in the April issue of the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. In February, the Food and Drug Administration delayed its decision on whether to allow the pills to be sold over the counter because it wanted more information on the use of the pills by 16- and 17-year-olds. Opponents have argued that making the pills too accessible could lead to more unsafe sex and an increase in sexually transmitted disease. Proponents say the pills reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies. In this latest study, researchers followed 301 women between the ages of 15 to 20 who were recruited from a clinic at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. The women agreed to speak with researchers. |
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