Morning-after pill, the “laissez-faire” works

by Beatrice Credi - 2012.02.15

It has been two years since in Spain it was decided to sell the morning-after pill without a prescription. In this period there have been controversies by those who regarded the liberalization as an incentive to its reckless use and an invitation to libertine sexual behaviors. But to make things clear the Spanish Society of Contraception (SEC) has published a detailed report. Which shows that between more than 6 thousand women from 14 to 50 years old, in fact, only 4.6% took this pill without having previously used a traditional contraceptive method. Almost all said to have taken it because they had problems with a condom during sex. The SEC also found that sexually transmitted diseases are not increased. The balance is therefore positive, while considering, keen to point out the experts, it should not escape from the horizon of emergency contraception because of its negligible side effects.