In 2003, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) decided to devote an entire supplement of its official publication, the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, to the subject of quinacrine sterilization (QS). This 159-page issue appeared on October 15, 2003. It includes 25 articles from 14 countries and reports on 40,242 cases. It was distributed at the XVII FIGO World Congress, November 2-7, 2003, in Santiago, Chile, a conference attended by some 8,500 obstetrician-gynecologists.

In 2003, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) decided to devote an entire supplement of its official publication, the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, to the subject of quinacrine sterilization (QS). This 159-page issue appeared on October 15, 2003. It includes 25 articles from 14 countries and reports on 40,242 cases. It was distributed at the XVII FIGO World Congress, November 2-7, 2003, in Santiago, Chile, a conference attended by some 8,500 obstetrician-gynecologists.

Florida women now have access to a non-surgical sterilization method that has been available to women in other countries for 25 years. This is an ultra-safe, low-cost, office procedure that has been used by thousands of women in all over the world with no reported deaths or life-threatening injuries.