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The Honduras Supreme Court has upheld the country’s absolute ban on emergency contraception, which would criminalize the sale, distribution, and use of the “morning-after pill” — imposing punishment for offenders equal to that of obtaining or performing an abortion, which in Honduras is completely restricted.
“Emergency contraception, or Plan B, can be very effective up to … five days after the act of unprotected intercourse,” says White, an obstetrician at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.
Plan B is a synthetic dose of the hormone progesterone. It’s the same hormone that’s in typical birth control pills — but at a higher dose. It works primarily by stopping the ovaries from releasing an egg. No egg, no pregnancy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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