Rising Use of Emergency Contraceptives Raises Alarm

by MANIPADMA JENA

NEW DELHI, May 21, 2010 (IPS) – When Sunita Sanyal (last name changed) complained of intense headache and vomiting, her mother presumed it was just pre-examination jitters. After all, Sunita’s business management finals were just a week away.

At the doctor’s clinic, however, the startling truth came out: Sunita, 25, had been taking emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), often as many as eight times a month – a high overdose – or after every tryst with her boyfriend.

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