You can now see this page in Spanish or French. (Puede ver esta pagina en espa ol; vous pouvez aussi lire cette page en francais.) Welcome! Welcome to the Emergency Contraception Website operated by the Office of Population Research at Princeton University and by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals. For 2002, this project has been made possible by generous grants from the Open ...

EC-Help.org provides consumers with information about emergency contraception (EC), also known as morning after pill, and lists pharmacies in California where women can get EC without a prescription from a doctor. EC prevents pregnancy after unprotected sex if taken within 72 hours.

Widespread use of EBC could prevent 1.7 million unintended pregnancies and 800, 000 abortions each year in the United States alone. EBC does not cause an abortion. EBC is not the same as the French abortion pill RU-486. EBC pills contain exactly the same drugs and work in exactly the same way as regular birth control pills. EBC cannot terminate a pregnancy that has already begun. A woman doesn't ...

EMERGENCY BIRTH CONTROL Should morning after pills be available without a prescription September 16, 1998 Questions asked in this forum: Would there be a problem with medications that conflict with emergency contraception pills What about the religious issues involved with making the decision to take this pill What precautions are there to make sure the medication isn't abused. Is there ...