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YEAR: 2005

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Contraception or abortion? Inaccurate descriptions of emergency

contraception in newspaper articles, 1992-2002.

AUTHORS

Pruitt SL; Mullen PD

SOURCE

Contraception. 2005;71:14-21.

ABSTRACT

Media portrayals of emergency contraception (EC) may influence public health policy and the public's acceptance of

this reproductive health option. We investigated the accuracy of newspaper coverage of EC, 1992-2002. We

conducted a content analysis of a sample of 1077 articles in 113 newspapers discussing both EC and abortion and

determined the frequency of confusion between the two. Of all articles, 44.5% (n =479) included at least one instance

of confusion between EC and medical abortion. Inaccurate portrayal of the mode of action of EC as medical abortion

occurred in 31.8% (n =343) of articles; 13.1% (n =141) inappropriately applied terms such as "abortifacient postcoital

contraceptives" for EC. Errors were prevalent, persisted over time and may have contributed to incorrect beliefs about

a form of contraception that is used infrequently, despite its potential to deter unintended pregnancy and abortion.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 92-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Contraception or abortion? Inaccurate descriptions of

emergency contraception in newspaper articles, 1992-2002.", is(are) Pruitt SL; Mullen PD. The source of this article

is "Contraception. 2005;71:14-21.". This article was published in 2005 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT1T 92-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 92

This article is peer-reviewed.

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