The morning-after pill is a relatively new addition to the world of contraception for women, but more and more women are using it. Plan B or Next Day are both viable options when your normal birth control methods don't necessarily pan out. But before you go popping those two tiny pills, make sure you know the facts about what you're putting into your body. It's no replacement for routine birth Read more

From the pill to nonhormonal birth control, there are various ways for women having regular sex to prevent pregnancy. But what about a single woman who doesn't want to commit to contraception if she's not having sex often? There's always the condom, which will protect against STDs, but she might want to use the morning after pill too to decrease her risk of pregnancy — women who take the Read more

Do you know Ella? No, it's not the name of a new celebrity or pop singer, but a new emergency contraceptive pill that was just given the thumbs up by the FDA. We heard about the drug when it was introduced in Europe, but now it has made its way to the US. Unlike Plan B, which should be taken within 24 hours of unprotected sex but can be taken up to three days after, Ella can be taken up to five Read more

A year ago today, the Center For Reproductive Rights won an important victory when a federal court decided the FDA put politics before health by keeping the morning-after pill behind pharmacy counters and enforcing age restrictions so only women 17 and older could purchase it. We thought things would change, but one year later, it's still locked up. Besides the potential embarrassment involved Read more

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Widespread access to family planning medication can come with some negative side effects. Gynecologists in India are reporting a sharp rise in medical complications, such as excessive bleeding or incomplete abortions, due to women's casual use of over the counter emergency contraception and abortion pills. Doctors say that women commonly look up the dosages on the Internet and then buy the pills Read more

"Any refusal to dispense — regardless of whether it is motivated by religion, morals, conscience, ethics, discriminatory prejudices, or personal distaste for a patient — violates the rules." This week a US appeals court ruled that a pharmacist's personal convictions does not outweigh a patient's right to timely medication. Two Washington state pharmacists filed a lawsuit saying that their Read more