{"title":"High court gives states more freedom to require consent in teen abortions.","authors":"L Denniston","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85605,"journal":{"name":"Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)","volume":" ","pages":"3A"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22038964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family planning groups and a lawmaker accused a US drug company yesterday of profiteering on Norplant, the implantable, 5-year contraceptive. The company said its $365 product is cheaper than birth-control pills. But Rep. Ron Wyden said Norplant was developed with extensive government support and sells for $23 in some Third World countries. He said its cost to Wyeth-Ayerst laboratories may be as little as $16. About 875,000 US women have had 6 match-sized hormone-dispensing rubber capsules implanted in their upper arms since 1990. Dr. Amy Pollack of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals said 56% of the 6 million pregnancies in the US each year are unwanted. She said 1.7 million pregnancies occur among women using contraceptives. The failure rate is less than 4 per 10,000 with Norplant compared with 3 per 100 women on the pill, she said. Dr. Marc W. Deitch, Wyeth's medical director, said the company made a risky decision to bring Norplant to market in collaboration with the nonprofit Population Council. The implant costs women 20 cents a day over its 5-year life, said Dr. Deitch. The $365 cost is significantly less than the $1481 they would pay over 5 years for birth-control pills, $762 for a diaphragm and $590 for shots of Depo Provera, he said. Male condoms cost $312 and an IUD $176. Family planning advocates challenged Dr. Deitch's math. Judith DeSarno, president of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, said federally funded clinics pay only $60 for a 5-year supply of oral contraceptives. Women also must pay doctor fees--usually from $150 to $200--for inserting Norplant and eventually removing it from their upper arms.
计划生育组织和一名议员昨日指责一家美国制药公司在可植入的5年避孕药具Norplant上牟取暴利。该公司表示，其365美元的产品比避孕药便宜。但众议员罗恩·怀登(Ron Wyden)表示，诺普兰的开发得到了政府的广泛支持，在一些第三世界国家售价为23美元。他说，惠氏实验室的成本可能只有16美元。自1990年以来，约有87.5万名美国女性在上臂植入了6个大小相同的激素分配橡胶胶囊。生殖健康专家协会的艾米·波拉克博士说，美国每年600万次怀孕中有56%是意外怀孕。她说，170万怀孕发生在使用避孕药的妇女中。她说，诺普兰的失败率不到万分之四，而服用避孕药的女性失败率为百万分之三。惠氏制药的医疗总监马克·w·戴奇(Marc W. Deitch)博士说，该公司与非营利组织人口委员会(Population Council)合作将Norplant推向市场是一个冒险的决定。戴奇博士说，在植入物的5年寿命里，女性每天的费用为20美分。他说，365美元的费用远远低于5年内避孕药的1481美元、避孕膜的762美元和注射Depo Provera的590美元。男用避孕套售价312美元，宫内节育器售价176美元。计划生育倡导者对戴奇博士的计算提出了质疑。全国计划生育和生殖健康协会主席朱迪思·德萨诺(Judith DeSarno)说，联邦政府资助的诊所为5年的口服避孕药供应只支付60美元。女性还必须支付医生的费用——通常从150美元到200美元不等——才能将Norplant植入并最终从上臂取出。
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{"title":"Gender is another hurdle for S. Africa.","authors":"M Hill","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85605,"journal":{"name":"Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)","volume":" ","pages":"1A, 12A"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22028078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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