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Emergency Contraception: The International Planned Parenthood Federation's Experience. (RESEARCH NOTE).

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| January 01, 1996 | Senanayake, Pramilla | COPYRIGHT 1996 Guttmacher Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The first contraceptive revolution took place in the early 1960s with the introduction of the pill. During the ensuing three decades, oral contraceptives, IUDs, injectables, barrier methods and improved forms of surgical contraception became widely available and acceptable. As a result, contraceptive prevalence worldwide rose from 10% in the 1960s to around 50% in the mid-1980s.

Despite this dramatic escalation in contraceptive use, an estimated 500 million women throughout the world have an unmet need for contraception. (1) These include not only women who do not have access to effective methods, but also those who are not satisfied with the method they are ...

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