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- Title
In Brief.
- Authors
Klitsch, Michael
- Abstract
This article focuses on various developments related to family planning. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, which oversees medical education in the U.S., announced on February 14, 1995 a policy change requiring residents in obstetrics and gynecology to learn abortion skills during their hospital training. Individuals with computer access to the World-Wide Web now can gain access to a listing of more than 1,500 health care providers who dispense emergency contraceptive pills. The service also provides detailed information about emergency contraception, including electronic copies of scientific papers on the topic. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that young people who want condoms be enabled to get them, even in schools. In a policy statement released on February 8, 1995, the Academy's Committee on Adolescence recommended that adolescents be encouraged to abstain from intercourse, but also stated that restrictions and barriers to condom availability should be removed and that schools are an appropriate site for the availability of condoms in a community program.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BIRTH control; ABORTION; CONTRACEPTIVE drugs; CONDOMS; SEXUAL health
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1995, Vol 27, Issue 2, p53
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article