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2. Emergency contraception - Wikipedia

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   Emergency contraception (EC) is a birth control measure, used after sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy.. There are different forms of EC. Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), sometimes simply referred to as emergency contraceptives (ECs), or the morning-after pill, are medications intended to disrupt or delay ovulation or fertilization, which are necessary for pregnancy.

3. What is Plan B birth control? How do morning after pills work ...

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   No, morning-after pills are emergency contraception and will not work if a woman is already pregnant. Plan B One-Step is not the same as the abortion pill and will not affect an existing pregnancy ...

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   The levonorgestrel tablet can be taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex. This type of emergency contraceptive, also known as the morning-after pill, functions as back-up birth control to ...

5. What you need to know about over-the-counter birth control

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   Levonorgestrel emergency contraception has an efficiency rate of 89% if it's used correctly within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse. That means 11 out of 100 people who use it after ...

6. Comparison of birth control methods - Wikipedia

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   If a method is known or suspected to have been ineffective, such as a condom breaking, or a method could not be used, as is the case for rape when user action is required for every act of intercourse, emergency contraception (ECP) may be taken 72 to 120 hours after sexual intercourse. Emergency contraception should be taken shortly before or as ...

7. Levonorgestrel - Wikipedia

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   The most widely used form of oral emergency contraception is the progestin-only pill, which contains a 1.5 mg dosage of levonorgestrel. [36] Levonorgestrel-only emergency contraceptive pills are reported to have an 89% effectiveness rate if taken within the recommended 72 hours after sex. [38]

8. Plan B helps prevent a pregnancy, not end one. Here's how it ...

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   Plan B is an emergency contraceptive that is sometimes confused with an abortion pill. Explains explain how the pill prevents pregnancy. Plan B helps prevent a pregnancy, not end one.

9. Emergency contraceptive availability by country - Wikipedia

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   [143] "roughly 1 in ten teens were incorrectly told they were too young to get [emergency contraception] without a prescription." [140] Uruguay: South America: Adult only [145] Uzbekistan: Asia: Vanuatu: Oceania: 1000 Vatu: Personal experience in Port Vila, Efate 2018 Venezuela: South America †