Emergency contraception is not the same thing as the abortion pill, but these medications are often confused. While both involve reproductive health, emergency contraception ‒ often called Plan B ‒ is ...

The University of Connecticut has placed vending machines with the emergency contraceptive Plan B on its campus in an effort to expand access to contraception. The university is the first institution ...

Two of the country's largest pharmacy chains, CVS and Rite Aid, confirmed to ABC News this week that they had restricted the amount of Plan B or morning-after pills a customer could buy, following a ...

Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Twix, Pop-Tarts and the Plan B contraceptive pill have one thing in common: they’re in vending machines. Shippensburg University, a public college in Pennsylvania, has sold the ...

A claim has gone viral that President Donald Trump has banned the 'Plan B One Step' emergency contraceptive pills in the United States. Multiple posts were made on social media claiming that Trump has ...

Sharon Camp, a public policy expert and advocate for women’s reproductive health who was known as the mother of Plan B, the emergency contraceptive pill, and who founded what was surely one of the ...

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Plan B is not the same as an abortion pill. It is a form of emergency contraception. Instead of ending a pregnancy, emergency contraception prevents a pregnancy from occurring. People may also refer ...

Use of emergency contraception in the form of the otherwise-called “morning after” pill more than doubled since the drug was approved for use without a prescription, a new report from the Centers for ...

Why do we have a prescription requirement for oral contraceptives? Because there is a risk associated with oral contraceptives. There is significant risk of sudden death, in terms of increased risk ...