Why is it so difficult to access emergency contraceptive pills in Japan?

• Sumire Sorano,
• Sakiko Emmi,
• Chris Smith

Affiliations

Sumire Sorano

School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyomachi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan; Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Corresponding author at: School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyomachi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.

Sakiko Emmi

Department of Social Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan; Citizen’s Initiative for Pharmaceutical Access To Emergency Contraception (CIPATEC)

Chris Smith

School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyomachi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan; Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK