jueves, 9 de septiembre de 2010

Emergency contraception... Good or bad?


The topic of emergency contraception is something that engages me deeply as a future midwife.

Emergency contraception is birth control pills that are taken in special doses within the first 5 days or 120 hours after unprotected intercourse to prevent pregnancy and/or abortion. It is also used in the event that the contraceptive method has failed or is used improperly, or finally, in case more tragic as is rape.

Doctor Valenzuela thinks that these data show definite postovulatory effects of LNG EC with a probability distribution of pregnancies issued from daily intercourses within the fertile period of the menstrual cycle.

Doctor Croxato thinks that doctor Valenzuela's hypothesis is wrong because have not built mechanism of action studies. In science today, the only valid method for testing a hypothesis or answering a defined question based on scientific evidence requires an appropriate specific experimental design.

In 2006, the Ministry of Health of our country established , among other decisions, the distribution of emergency contraception to persons over 14 years in the public health system, without permission from their parents. For this reason it has been a subject of great debate, because there are those who are against this measure because they say this would violate the primary right of parents to educate their children.

From my point of view, if the parents have educated their children on sexuality and fertility based on their values, could avoid circumstances in which they have to go to the use of EC, for example, providing information on contraceptive methods

As a future health professional, I believe that the most important is to educate the population about emergency contraception, providing information that their use depends on the time of the menstrual cycle to take effect that will have, and explain that there is no scientific evidence that this is act after fertilization. Therefore, it is not abortive, and is not effective if you have already initiated a pregnancy. And lastly, encourage its use as this may prevent many unwanted pregnancies and / or abortions.

7 comentarios:

  1. hello coniii :D
    very interesting what you wrote ... and if you agree we should promote education to all ... colleague kisses!!

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  2. hello cony !!

    I agree with you, because I believe that education is the best tool we can give students so they know how to take care.


    kiss

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  3. Cony!, We have very similar ideas. I liked to read that you consider education. Congratulations

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  4. Good blog, good ideas!
    I think the same: the education for the population is esential to do a change in people. We wil be midwife, and this is a test for us, because always We will be teaching persons.

    Bye Cony!

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  5. cony! I also think it's important to educate the population,
    because the pill is not a toy, nor can give away every month to anyone.

    I like your ideas so clearly cony .. cuidate mucho
    see you soon!

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  6. Hi Coni!!!

    I agree with you, because as you say, if people knew about sexual responsibility would prevent many unwanted pregnancies without having to resort to emergency contraceptive pill.

    bye
    see you!!

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  7. COMMENTS:
    -THIS IS ACT A..?(NO CLEAR)
    LICI

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