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Paulina Siaw-Akoto, a well-known, seasoned health specialist, has advised women against abusing emergency contraception because it may lead to cancer in the future.  Mrs. Akoto made thes e educative submissions while speaking to students at the just-ended Red Conversation by the School of Communication of Wisconsin International University College Ghana, (WIUC-Gh) on Wednesday, 15 February 2023. She stressed that frequent use of emergency contraceptives was harmful to young women with conditions that may last a lifetime. “Frequent use of emergency contraception can result in increased side-effects, such as menstrual irregularities, although their repeated use poses no known health risks,” she noted. She explained that just like other oral contraceptives, it worked through the increase of hormones in the body increasing the risk of users’ contracting cancers, especially breast cancer which was common in Ghana. According to Mrs Akoto emergency contraceptives were meant for emergency ...