It is good to know all the facts before you decide on taking
emergency contraception like the morning after pill.
Not exact matches
If you believe life begins at conception, than some contraceptives ARE abortive in nature (
like most forms of
emergency contraception).
The regulations exempt employers who object to treatments
like birth control pills,
emergency contraception, and sterilization due to «sincerely held religious beliefs» or «moral convictions.»
The school nurse offices have been stocked with Plan B
emergency contraception and others
like it in an effort to combat teen pregnancy, according to a statement from the Department of Education.
«
Emergency contraception is sort of
like Band - Aids,» says Dr. White.
That means most private plans must cover the 18 methods of
contraception approved by the FDA (including hormonal methods
like birth control pills and vaginal rings, barrier methods
like diaphragms, implanted devices,
emergency contraception, and sterilization) as well as counseling appointments related to birth control.
Wilkinson would also
like to see more community awareness regarding the availability
emergency contraception, such as advertising from a variety of sources,
like drug companies, sex educators, community health workers and public health departments.
For the study, researchers called 633 pharmacies throughout the state of Colorado, posing as potential customers and asking if and how
emergency contraception (
like brands Plan B One Step and Next Choice One Dose) is sold.
PPGP locations in Oklahoma offer a wide range of sexual and reproductive health care including transgender services, Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), menopausal symptom management as well as other sexual and reproductive health care
like annual exams, STI testing and treatment,
emergency contraception and abortion referral information.
For other types of
emergency contraception (
like the copper IUD or ella morning - after pill), you need an appointment with or prescription from a Planned Parenthood health center or other health care provider.
Research shows that over-the-counter access to
emergency contraception does not increase or encourage sexual activity among teens, and better access to proven prevention methods
like accurate sex education and
emergency birth control are the best ways to reduce the alarming rate of teen pregnancy in this country.
An IUD can be
emergency contraception if it's inserted within five days after unprotected sex, but is only available at your OB - GYN or at a health center
like Planned Parenthood.
PPGP locations in Missouri offer a wide range of sexual and reproductive health care including abortion referrals, transgender services, Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), menopausal symptom management as well as other sexual and reproductive health care
like annual exams, STI testing and treatment and
emergency contraception.
If you don't get your period within 3 weeks of taking an
emergency contraception pill
like Plan B, Next Choice, or ella, take a pregnancy test.
We gladly accept walk - ins on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m for STI / HIV testing, birth control refills, pregnancy testing,
emergency contraception and HOPE patients (patients who would
like to get on birth control without having an exam done).
Much
like emergency contraception is taken to prevent pregnancy, PEP is an
emergency medicine that can stop HIV infection if taken as soon as possible.
If you're on another method of hormonal birth control (
like the pill, ring, patch, or shot), ella is not the best
emergency contraception for you — Plan B or a copper IUD are better options.
Nine states currently ban or restrict abortion providers or affiliated organizations
like Planned Parenthood from receiving public funds, and thirteen states restrict access to
emergency contraception.
There are several solutions to getting birth control —
like a condom, female condom, diaphragm, sponge, or
emergency contraception (morning after pill).
For more than 10 years,
emergency contraception has been the «poster child» for what it looks
like when politics trumps science, again and again and again.