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Abstract
On 18 October 1995, the Committee on Safety of Medicines issued a warning that seven brands of the contraceptive pill (containing 'new generation' progestogens) carried a relatively higher risk of thrombosis (the formation of a blood clot in a vein). This warning received much attention from the media. Family planning services and others working in public health raised concerns that the pill scare would result in an increase in unplanned pregnancies. This article uses national conception statistics to show trends before and after October 1995.Entities:
Keywords: Abortion Rate--changes; Abortion, Induced; Age Factors; Behavior; Contraception; Contraceptive Methods--side effects; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Emotions; England; Europe; Family Planning; Fear; Fertility; Fertility Control, Postconception; Fertility Measurements; Northern Europe; Oral Contraceptives, Combined--side effects; Oral Contraceptives--side effects; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy Rate--changes; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Research Report; Statistical Studies; Studies; United Kingdom; Wales
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9368943
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Popul Trends ISSN： 0307-4463