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| Providing
EC is Now the |
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| Medico-Legal
Standard of Care |
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| • | ACOG Practice
Pattern on ECPs (12/96) |
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| established
the professional standard of care |
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| • | FDA notice in
Federal Register on ECPs (2/97) |
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| declared 6
(now 13) brands of regular OCs to |
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| be safe and
effective for use for emergency |
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| contraception |
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| • | FDA explicitly
approved Preven and Plan B as |
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products, but FDA still recognizes 13 |
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| brands of
regular combined OCs to be safe and |
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| effective for
use for emergency contraception |
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