Fitzgerald, J. E. (2016). Long-acting contraceptives for adolescents. The national Catholic bioethics quarterly, 16(1), 63-81. https://doi.org/10.5840/ncbq20161618
Fitzgerald, John E. "Long-acting contraceptives for adolescents." The national Catholic bioethics quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, 2016, pp. 63-81.
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Abstract
In 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics published its policy statement on contraception for adolescents, which provides, in effect, a mandate to temporarily sterilize all adolescents with long-acting reversible contraceptives for five to ten years. The author reviews the AAP guidelines and their effects on Catholic adolescents, their families, and adolescent health care providers. He then discusses medicolegal issues raised by the policy, outlines Catholic strategies for combating it, and proposes a diocese-based physician-led program for teaching and counseling elementary and high school students.
Contraception › Long Acting Methods › Intrauterine Devices · Ethics and Policy › Reproductive Ethics › Conscience Protections
John E. Fitzgerald
Jack Fitzgerald, J Fitzgerald
DOI 10.5840/ncbq20161618 10.5840/ncbq20161618 Fitzgerald et al. 2016, Fitzgerald 2016
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Fitzgerald, J. E. (2016). Long-acting contraceptives for adolescents. The national Catholic bioethics quarterly, 16(1), 63-81. https://doi.org/10.5840/ncbq20161618