Contraception Flashcards
State some points that would make the ideal contraception.
- 100% effective and forgettable
- 100% safe with no unwanted side effects
- 100% convenient and unrelated to sex
- 100% reversible
- protection from STIs
- non contraceptive benefits
- cheap
- acceptable to all cultures and religions
What are some risk factors for teenage pregnancy?
- Poverty (strongest risk factor)
- Looked after children
- Children with teenage mothers
- Low education achievement
- Poor transition from school to work (at age 16)
- Mental health problems
- Sexual abuse
What are the two ways of unwanted pregnancy?
- Unprotected sex
- Failure of contraception i.e. Pill, IUD, Barrier
What are the outcomes for unwanted pregnancy for:
- upto 72 hours
- upto 5 days
- upto 24 weeks
- Levonelle
- EllaOne or IUD
- Termination - use Mifepristone (antiprogestogenic - sensitises myometrium to Prostaglandins)
For termination, what would you give?
Upto 24 weeks.
Giver single dose of Mifepristone (anti progestogenic - sensitises myometrium to prostaglandins), followed by a prostaglandin.
What are some stages that people think life begins at?
- Fertilisation
- Implantation
- Quickening
- Brain activity
- Viability of the foetus
- Birth
What are the current abortion laws?
- You can get a termination up until 24 weeks if there is a risk to the woman’s or her child’s physical or mental health
- There is no limit if the women’s health or life is massively threatened or if the child is likely to be born with severe physical or mental abnormalities
- no consent needed from doctor or partner or family
- no consent needed for under 16 in some circumstances
Why does a foetus not have rights in the eyes of the law?
The foetus is not a person in the eyes of the law, and so does not have the same legal protection as persons. Only once outside the womb, the baby acquires full legal status.
What is the Gradualist view?
- The fertilised egg has no intrinsic moral value
- It becomes valuable during its development
- It follows;
a) early abortions is probably acceptable
b) late abortions may be more difficult to justify
c) at some point abortion may be immoral depending on where the line is drawn
What is the Potential view?
An embryo is a potential person
Scientists that cures cancer… mass murderer?
Also, every sperm or egg is a potential person: do they merit the same production?
How do EHCs work?
- Suppress ovulation
- Change the viscosity of cervical mucus
- Alter the state of endometrium to prevent implantation
What is the efficacy of Levonelle between 49-72 hours after UPSI?
58%
What is the efficacy of Levonelle between 25-48 hours after UPSI?
85%
What is the efficacy of Levonelle between 0-24 hours after UPSI?
95%
What would you give for above 72 hours after UPSI?
- EllaOne (upto 5 days)
- IUD (upto 5 days)
- They are POM drugs
