Authors Won’t Recommend Regulation for Fear of Hampering Access
WASHINGTON, Jan 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A study published in the current edition of “Obstetrics and Gynecology” (also known as The Green Journal) found that abortifacient contraceptives such as Oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices (IUDs), and morning-after-pills are easily available online without prescription. The informal study, demonstrated that popular search engines led to web sites offering the abortifacients for sale. The researchers, Leslie Miller and Carin Nielsen were able to order and obtain the morning-after pill kit Preven within 48 hours for $141 (US). They noted however that many of the Oral contraceptives arrived in the mail without adequate instructions and the required safety warnings.
Incredibly, the study’s authors did not recommend a crackdown or even stricter regulation of the illegal Internet medical sales. They explained, in the journal, put out by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, that such action would “have a chilling effect on improved access to family planning materials and devices”. The danger to women’s health accompanying this careless distribution of the pills and devices is receiving exceptional, apparently deliberate oversight by the medical community and government regulatory agencies.
See current contents of the journal at: https://www-east.elsevier.com/ong/9701toc.htm