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Article: Emergency Contraception: the science and politics driving the debate.
- Article from:
- SIECUS Report
- Article date:
- June 22, 2005
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Emergency Contraception (EC) refers to any type of birth control method used after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. The two possible methods are the emergency insertion of an Intrauterine Device (IUD) or the administration of emergency contraception pills. Emergency insertion of an IUD is rare in the United States, and, therefore, the scientific and political debates in the U.S. center only around the use of emergency contraceptive pills, sometimes referred to as the "morning after pill." For the purpose of this article EC will refer solely to these pills.
EC is a high dose of regular birth control pills that can be taken within 120 hours (five days) of ...