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Emergency birth control.(Women's Health Advisor)
- Article from:
- Clinical Reference Systems
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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What is emergency birth control?
Emergency birth control is used to prevent pregnancy after you have had sex without birth control or have been sexually assaulted (raped). It may also be used when another method of birth control has failed (for example, if a condom breaks). If you are already pregnant, emergency birth control will NOT work.
There are two main forms of emergency birth control, which are emergency birth control pills and the copper IUD.
The emergency birth control pill, also called the morning-after pill, is a birth control pill that can prevent pregnancy after having unprotected sex.
There are two types of ECP, one ...