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The use of contraceptives prevent pregnancy. It is part of the general practice of family planning.


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London -- Emergency contraception has been heralded as the solution to rising abortion rates--but it does not work, says Professor Anna Glasier, director of Family Planning Services in Edinburgh.
The simple fact was that the bill included contraception as one of the ways to reduce the incidence of abortion and that alone was enough to cause defections from the prolife camp.
When a dedicated product for emergency contraception became available in 1998, widespread integration of relevant information and services became one more strategy the agencies used to realize the goal of reducing unintended pregnancy in the state.
 
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