THE MORNING AFTER PILL

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THE MORNING AFTER PILL

ABC Women's Clinic provides information on emergency contraception and other sexual health related issues. Levonorgestrel is emergency contraception used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse. When making a healthy decision, it is necessary to be informed about the morning-after pill and the corresponding risk factors.(1),(2),(3) Do not take levonorgestrel if you are already pregnant. Levonorgestrel will not end a pregnancy that has already begun.(4)

Levonorgestrel (The Morning-after Pill)

COMMON EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION BRAND NAMES:


  • Fallback Solo®
  • Next Choice® One Dose
  • Opcicon® One-Step
  • Plan B® One-Step


If you think you may be pregnant, you should have your pregnancy confirmed. We provide laboratory quality urine pregnancy testing and can confirm your pregnancy through an ultrasound conducted and reviewed by licensed medical staff – at no cost to you.


We are here to confirm your pregnancy, Advocate for you, Validate your concerns, and provide Answers to your questions. We are here for you – no matter what you decide.


REFERENCES


  1. Physicians Desk Reference. (2020). Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel) dose, indications, adverse effects, interactions… from PDR.net. Retrieved from https://www.pdr.net/drug-summary/Plan-B-One-Step-levonorgestrel-573
  2. Food & Drug Administration. (2010). Ella full prescribing information. 12.1 Mechanism of Action. Accessed on February 5, 2020 from https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2010/022474s000lbl.pdf
  3. Larimore, W. L. (2000). The abortifacient effect of the birth control pill and the principle of the ‘double effect. Ethics & Medicine, 16(1), 23-30.
  4. WEBSTER v. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES,” The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, accessed June 21, 2014, https://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_88_605/




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