hormonal contraceptives

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• - Article in Family Planning Perspectives, 30(1):44-45, 1999, discusses issues surrounding hormonal contraceptives in Japan.
  
• - Against giving potent steroid drugs to minors (under sixteen) without parental knowledge.
  
• - Critical evaluation of the use of injectable hormones in preventing teen pregnancy.
  
• - Philosophical essay by political scientist by Philip W. Jenks.
  
• - Articles and essays discussing the concern that hormonal birth-control methods sometimes work by inducing early abortion. Intended for people who believe that life begins at conception and who are using or considering using these methods.
  
• - Tells about how birth control pills work. Urges women not to use them because one mechanism of action is preventing a fertilized egg from being implanted ("abortion").