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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 263 No 7074 p899
December 4, 1999 Letters

Emergency contraception

Two questions

From Mr B. Shooter, MRPharmS

SIR,—The letters pages of the PJ have certainly come into their own over the past few weeks as the debate over the possible over-the-counter supply of emergency hormonal contraception becomes more heated.
I have two questions to ask on the matter:

1. What input is the profession asked to give on an essentially political issue?
2. Could the courts vary the present emergency supply regulations to make them more patient focused and thus allow the supply of EHC?

Barry Shooter
Romford, Essex