Reuters
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK | Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:35pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More U.S. women seem to be using the “morning-after” pill now that the emergency contraceptive is available over-the-counter, a new study finds.
Morning after pill: Sisters are doing it for themselves
February 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
VirtualMedicalCentre.com
Australia
Let’s face it, unprotected sex does happen and sometimes, with a bit of bad luck, condoms can break and situations can arise where a woman may need emergency contraception. This kind of contraception is used after sex but before you are pregnant. If you are unsure about talking with the pharmacist or GP for any reason – don’t be. It’s nothing to get nervous about. In fact, 3 out of 4 unwanted pregnancies could be prevented if all women used emergency contraception after unprotected sex, and many abortions could also be avoided. The power is yours.
Ella and Abortion
October 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
National Review Online
October 5, 2010
By Jeanne Monahan
This fall, Watson Pharmaceuticals will begin manufacturing a new drug called “ella.” Ella was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on August 13, and was categorized as an “emergency contraceptive.” That categorization is misleading: As the Family Research Council and several allied organizations have been explaining to pharmacists and the public at large, the drug has the potential to induce abortion.
Side effects of emegency contraception
September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Helium
by Vilie Farah
September 7, 2010
Emergency contraception, as its name suggests, offers protection against unwanted pregnancy in the case of unprotected intercourse. Emergency contraception is usually effective if taken up to 72 hours after sex. The more time passes, the smaller its efficiency is.
This type of contraception is hormonal. Medics started considering such types of contraception in the 60s of the past century but the combination of hormones produced serious side effects and the medications were even carcinogenic.
5-day pill moves emergency contraception back to doctor’s office
August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
amednews.com
By Christine S. Moyer, amednews staff. Posted Aug. 30, 2010.
When ella is available later this year, physicians will have to decide if prescribing the drug is right for them and their patients.
When the Food and Drug Administration approved Plan B in 1999, some doctors objected on moral grounds to prescribing the emergency contraceptive.
Much of the controversy faded when Plan B went to over-the-counter status in 2006, taking the prescribing decision largely out of doctors’ hands. Today, the drug is available OTC for women 17 and older, but younger patients still need a prescription.
US FDA Approves Five-Day Emergency Contraceptive
August 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Fireworks over New “Morning After Pill”?
June 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Early Show
June 17, 2010
(CBS) A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel was slated to meet Thursday to discuss approval of an emergency contraceptive pill, dubbed “Ella,” that’s already sold in 22 European countries.
“Ella” is expected to prove highly controversial here.
It’s designed to prevent pregnancy if taken up to five days after intercourse, two more than “Plan B.”
European morning-after pill has stronger effects
February 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
NtDaily.com
February 16, 2010 by Managing-Editor
By Alex Cheatham / Staff Writer –
A new type of emergency contraceptive on the European market is more effective than the Levonorgestrel, or Plan B, pills that are available in the U.S. Ulipristal acetate, known as EllaOne, is effective for up to five days after unprotected sex.
Abortion pill gets final approval in Italy
December 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The sale of the abortion pill RU486 has been given final approval in Italy, despite protests from the Vatican and the government in the Catholic country.
BBC News
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Unlike in other European countries, the pill, also known as mifepristone, will be administered solely in hospitals.
The pill was originally approved by the country’s pharmaceuticals agency in late July, but the move prompted a parliamentary inquiry.
Italy was is one of the last European states to make it available.
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