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Emergency contraception - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Emergency contraceptive pill —referred to simply as "emergency contraception," "ECPs," or "ECs", or "morning-after pill" —are hormones that act both to prevent ovulation or fertilization, or the subsequent implantation of a fertilised egg (zygote). The morning-after pill should not be confused with mifepristone (also called Mifeprex, and formerly known as RU-486), an abortifacient which is taken to end a pregnancy after implantation has occurred. Recent medical studies in animals (the rat and the monkey) were inconclusive as to how often or whether the morning-after pill prevents implantation; however, this mechanism of action cannot be ruled out in all cases, as it is impossible to prove a negative. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morning-after_pill   (2294 words)

The Morning After Pill While the morning after pill may benefit the student counsellor or health provider by giving them the sense that they are doing something for the teenager in crisis, it does not solve the real issues for the girl and may well present her with future health problems and moral dilemmas. In taking the morning after pill she will be making an abortion decision in a state of ignorance, unable to work through her thoughts, feelings and options because of the demand for haste. The morning after pill is generally perceived as an emergency treatment for recent unprotected intercourse or failed contraception. www.opendoors.com.au /MorningPill/MorningPill.htm   (971 words)

The Morning After Pill Although the morning after pill is simply a combination of birth control pills, women should not practice this method at home with someone else's pills or old pills of their own. The morning after pill is a form of emergency contraception that combines high doses of estrogen and progestin. There is also some debate over whether the morning after pill can damage the fetus in cases where it fails to terminate the pregnancy. www.womenshealth.org /a/morning_after_pill_what_is.htm   (384 words)

The Observer Magazine Geraldine Bedell: Waking up to the morning after pill The 'morning-after pill' is, of course, a misnomer. No one would argue that the availability of the morning- after pill doesn't sometimes factor: 'It may be the case that if a woman is on a date and knows she can get emergency contraception tomorrow, she might be more likely to end up in bed,' says Ann Furedi. The earliest morning-after pills were a combination of the hormones oestrogen and progestogen, but in autumn 1999 a progestogen-only pill, Levonelle, was introduced and found to be significantly more effective, with fewer side effects (nausea had been a particular problem). observer.guardian.co.uk /magazine/story/0,11913,1482669,00.html   (3232 words)

The Morning-After Pill The morning after pill is not a form of contraception. If a woman is already pregnant when she takes the pills, the morning after pill will not induce an abortion and will endanger the health of the fetus. Prior to the administration of the morning after pill, a woman should be given a pregnancy test, which will detect a pregnancy if conception occurred more than ten days prior to the test. wso.williams.edu /orgs/peerh/sex/safesex/mornaft.html   (259 words)

Abortion clinic -- morning-after pill Women using the morning-after pill may experience a change in their next period.  It may come early, on time, or be late.  Most women will get their period 7 to 9 days after treatment.  If your period has not occurred by 21 days after treatment, you should check this out with a pregnancy test. You should start using a method such as condoms immediately after you start the morning-after pill.  If you desire to start a hormonal form of birth control, such as the pill or the shot, the best time to start is when your have your period. There is no increased risk of birth defects if you take the morning-after pill and still become pregnant or even if you are pregnant when you take it.  We will give you a pregnancy test before dispensing it to you, mostly because this the method will not be effective if you are already pregnant. www.nyabortion.com /birthcontrol/themorningpill.shtml   (636 words)

MORNING AFTER PILL MORNING AFTER PILL The 'Morning After Pill' is a hormone that is given after unprotected intercourse during the time of your menstrual cycle when you are most likely to get pregnant. Pills must be taken in the correct dosage and must be started as soon as possible after the unprotected intercourse. The medication should be started as soon as possible after a single act of unprotected vaginal intercourse within 72 hours of that intercourse. www.holysmoke.org /fem/fem0581.htm   (486 words)

Morning After Pill The Morning After Pill has been in use for several decades and was approved by the FDA in 1997. The Morning After Pill or Emergency Contraception, is an FDA approved intervention to prevent unwanted pregnancy. The Morning After Pill is an excellent intervention— a second chance— but proper use of birth control should be considered the first line of defense against pregnancy. www.abortionclinic.org /topics/articles/article_95.asp   (293 words)

Emergency Contraception (the "morning after" pill) The most common form of emergency contraception is the "morning-after" pill, which is a strong dose of synthetic hormones, similar to those used in the regular birth-control pill. The morning after pill (you have 72 hours to take it) makes me feel slightly sick, and I get weepy, but its nothing too bad and is much better than being pregnant. After a small talk, and going over my medical history, I was given four ec pills as well as an anti-nausea medicine to prevent any sickness the pills could cause. www.io.com /~wwwomen/contraception/morningafter.html   (1089 words)

Morning-After Pill The most reliable way to prevent unwanted pregnancies is not by using the morning after pill; it's by abstaining from intercourse in the first place. After seeing a health specialist at the school, students are able to get the pill at no charge. The pill, known as Plan B, must be taken within 72 hours of intercourse and differs from the RU-486 abortion pill in that it works by delaying the release of the eggs or by changing the uterine lining so that a fertilized egg will not implant. www.connectingwithkids.com /tipsheet/2004/161_jan28/pill.html   (861 words)

Emergency Birth Control - the Emergency Contraception and Morning After Pill Information Site EBC pills can be taken up to 3 days after having unprotected sex, not just on the morning after. EBC pills prevent a woman from becoming pregnant up to 3 days after having sex, but they cannot cause her to have an abortion any time after she has actually become pregnant. EBC pills are up to 89% percent effective if taken within 3 days after having unprotected sex, and up to 95 % effective if taken within 24 hours. www.emergencybirthcontrol.org   (712 words)

Statement on the "morning-after pill' A further consideration should be made regarding the use of the morning-after pill in relation to the application of Law 194/78, which in Italy regulates the conditions and procedures for the voluntary termination of pregnancy. Consequently, from the ethical standpoint the same absolute unlawfulness of abortifacient procedures also applies to distributing, prescribing and taking the morning-after pill. Only if this pill were to be taken several days before the moment of ovulation could it sometimes act to prevent the latter (in this case it would function as a typical "contraceptive"). www.vatican.va /roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdlife/documents/rc_pa_acdlife_doc_20001031_pillola-giorno-dopo_en.html   (291 words)

Morning After Pill The "morning after" pill has been in the news recently, and is very often erroneously referred to as a contraceptive drug. That is why the "morning after" pill certainly increases rather than reduces the incidence of abortion. Only after the IUD (interuterine device) was on the market for a number of years was it found to be abortifacient in effect. www.ppl.org /TS_MorningAfterPill_March2001.html   (342 words)

Morning After Pill The confusion is aggravated by the current attempt to re-define pregnancy as occurring after implantation. Now women are being encouraged to use these same pills, in multiple doses, as post-coital "contraception." The potential long-term impact of these high hormone doses, especially when used repeatedly, is worrisome and not being adequately addressed. The common description of the MAP as emergency contraception fails to accurately describe its possible abortifacient action (1) and is misleading the public. www.physiciansforlife.ca /morning.html   (571 words)

The Morning After Pill - Summit Medical Centers After a single act of unprotected sex, correct use of Plan B reduces the risk of pregnancy by 89 percent. After reviewing studies of women from 15 countries, the FDA found that Plan B is safe. Emergency contraception is a way to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex (such as sex without contraception, or when contraception fails). www.summitcenters.com /morningafterpill.htm   (548 words)

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Online NewsHour: Morning-After Pill -- December 17, 2003 In Thailand, where the morning after pill has been easily accessible for 15 years, what they found, through several studies that were done, is that the most frequent buyer of the morning after pill is men. Now, if something like the morning after pill is available over the counter, this could exacerbate that problem, because the statutory rapist can simply go to the drug store and pick up a pack to give to the young girl in order to allow the rapes to continue. The morning after pill is a high dose of the birth control pill. www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/health/july-dec03/pill_12-17.html   (1490 words)

CTV.ca Ottawa to make morning-after-pill more accessible The morning-after-pill, also known as levonorgestrel, must be taken within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse, to prevent a pregnancy. Health Canada plans to amend the Food the Drug Regulations to remove the pill from a list of drugs needing a prescription, to a "Schedule II" status, which requires input from pharmacists at the point of sale. In the United Kingdom, a large grocery store chain by the name of Tesco plans to hand out the pills for free as part of an effort to reduce the number of teen pregnancies. www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1084889235006_25/?hub=CTVNewsAt11   (481 words)

CNN.com - Panel backs over-the-counter 'morning-after' pill - Dec. 17, 2003 Morning-after pills are not the same as the so-called abortion pill, RU-486. "Is this safe for women, when in fact there have been no studies done on the long-term effects on women who take the morning-after pill, and there are no studies that have been done on multiple use -- if a woman uses it more than once." The makers of the pill, known as Plan B, say that when it is taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, it can reduce the risk of pregnancy by about 89 percent. www.cnn.com /2003/HEALTH/12/16/morning.after.pill/index.html   (570 words)

Objecting Pharmacists Refuse to Sell 'Morning-After Pill' -- 01/06/2004 The morning-after pill is the equivalent of taking 50 birth-control pills within a 24-hour period, "a dose far in excess of what a woman would normally take," he said in a phone interview. Another concern was that the morning-after pill could be used by the perpetrators of sexual abuse such as incest, to cover up the abuse. Some women taking the morning-after pill may not know that they are in the early stages of pregnancy (from intercourse that occurred earlier). www.cnsnews.com /ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200401%5CFOR20040106b.html   (1432 words)

Morning-After Pill If you disagree with the use of the morning-after pill, feel free to state your opinions in the guestbook. As Dr. Drew has pointed out many times, abortion could easily be eliminated in this country if only every sexually active person were aware of the morning-after pill and used it when necessary. Ever since the pill's invention, Adam and Drew have urged every teenager to be aware of this emergency contraception and to use it immediately after an unprotected sexual encounter. www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Hills/7133/pill.html   (737 words)

Catholic Culture : Document Library : 'As Fruits of the Same Tree': the Abortifacient Nature of the So-Called 'Morning-After Pill' The term "morning-after pill" indicates a series of preparations based on oestrogens, oestroprogestogens or progestogens, which are given to a woman after but not more than 72 hours after (hence the name "morning-after") sexual intercourse that is presumed fertile. Thus the "morning-after pill" is one approach to so-called "emergency contraception" or "an interception" which also envisions the administration of danazol or the insertion of a coil as alternatives to the above-mentioned hormones. Then there are those who, while recognizing that the "morning-after pill" is abortifacient, call attention to the (act that in up to 20 per cent of the cases it might also act as a contraceptive: this would only occur if it were taken before the release of the egg cell from the ovary. www.trincomm.org /research/retrieve.cfm?RecNum=1178   (1718 words)

FDA approves morning-after pill The morning-after pill is offered at the health center only under extreme circumstances and whether or not a prescription is issued is determined by the doctor. The morning-after pill is not like the publicized French abortion pill, RU-486, which ends pregnancy by expelling an already-growing embryo from the uterus, doctors said. She said that about 50 percent of women who take the morning-after pill experience nausea and about 20 percent vomit. www.csulb.edu /~d49er/fall97/oct.14-fda.html   (492 words)

Go Ask Alice!: Morning after pill The morning after pill, now more commonly known as emergency contraception, is a set of birth control pills that are taken within 120 hours (the sooner, the more effective) after unprotected intercourse to prevent pregnancy. How long after having had sex is the taking of the morning after pill useful? Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) are not to be confused with RU-486 (mifepristone), the early option pill that causes medical/chemical abortion in pregnant women within 49 days from the first day of their last menstrual period. www.goaskalice.columbia.edu /0755.html   (501 words)

CBS News Easier 'Morning-After Pill' Access December 1, 2003 07:00:36 Morning-after pills are higher doses of the hormones in regular birth control pills, and have been sold under the brand names Plan B and Preven since 1998. Already, five states allow women to buy the morning-after pill directly from certain pharmacists without a doctor's prescription. And as OTC drugs evolve from quick symptom relief to more complex therapy, the FDA is mulling whether it's also time to change how some of them are sold — perhaps beginning "behind-the-counter" sales for certain nonprescription drugs, where the pharmacist hands over the pills after giving health advice or, say, a cholesterol check. www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/11/24/health/main585403.shtml   (834 words)

Emergency Contraception Some people call emergency contraceptive pills "morning after pills." But you do not have to wait until the morning after. You can start the pills right away or up to five days after you have had unprotected sex - that is, sex during which you did not use birth control or your birth control may have failed. Your health care provider will tell you to take the pills as soon as possible after unprotected sex. ec.princeton.edu /info/ecp.html   (377 words)

NPR : Support Builds for Emergency Contraception But mainly they object because the morning-after pill sometimes works after conception, which is when they believe life begins. In that case, the pills prevent the fertilized egg from attaching to the wall of the uterus. Depending on when the pills are taken during the menstrual cycle, EC can block or delay ovulation, interfere with fertilization or prevent implantation. www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/2002/mar/ec   (1066 words)

USATODAY.com - Non-prescription 'morning-after' pill backed Morning-after pills are higher doses of the hormones in regular birth control pills. WASHINGTON (AP) — Emergency contraception — the morning-after pill — should be available without a prescription, on pharmacy shelves next to the aspirin and cough medicine, government advisers said Tuesday. The nation's largest gynecologists group had urged the move, saying it would greatly increase women's ability to get the pills in time to prevent pregnancy: within 72 hours of rape, contraceptive failure or just not using birth control. www.usatoday.com /news/health/2003-12-16-fda-pill_x.htm   (866 words)

Independent Catholic News Provision of the morning-after pill is not entered on a woman's medical records, and her GP is only informed if she agrees. The standard dosage of the morning-after pill delivers 50 times the dosage of the daily mini-pill contraceptive, even though no adequate tests have been conducted into its long-term impact on health. Between 1995 and 1998 when the number of prescriptions for the drug was rising towards one million per year, the incidence of chlamydia among 16 to 19-year-olds was increasing by 28 per cent per year. www.indcatholicnews.com /pro.html   (424 words)

Emergency Contraception ("Morning After Pill") He mentioned that it would be a major convenience to women who need the pill during the weekend when doctors are often unavailable, or who live in rural areas, or who are young and afraid to ask their doctor. The court decided that it was illegal for school nurses to distribute the pill without a prescription. The pharmacist will ask a series of "thorough and complex questions." If they are not satisfied with the answers, they will refer the woman to her physician. www.religioustolerance.org /abo_emer5.htm   (1013 words)

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