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  • Title: Larissa's pregnant again.
    Author: O'neill P.
    Journal: Integration; 1991 Sep; (29):14. PubMed ID: 12284282.
    Abstract:
    Sex education in the schools and access to a range of acceptable contraceptive methods appear to be necessary steps to halt the high incidence of unwanted pregnancy, and thus abortion, in the USSR. At present, only 17% of sexually active women in the USSR are using any form of contraception. Although the majority of Soviet youth are sexually active by the age of 15-16 years., the schools provide no information on contraception or sexually transmitted diseases. The oral contraceptives available in the USSR are high dose pills imported from Poland and Hungary, and are rejected by most Soviets because of a suspected link to breast cancer and high blood pressure. A small number of IUDs are available, but they are plastic models prone to cause infection. Condoms, too, are in short supply and are unpopular because of their thickness and poor quality. To increase the supply of high-quality condoms, organizations such as the World Health Organization, International Planned Parenthood Federation, and the United Nation Fund for Population Activities are working to import condoms from Asia. Abortion, with its possible complications of infection and infertility, remains the most widely used method of fertility control.
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