The morning-after pill is designed to prevent pregnancy, not end it, and when taken within 72 hours, it’s pretty effective. But it’s not foolproof.

The French parliament adopted a law on Thursday allowing schools to hand out morning-after contraceptive pills to pupils who fear they may be pregnant. The law authorises school nurses to provide ...

Women will be able to get the morning-after pill for free from pharmacies in England to end an “unfair postcode lottery”. The proposal is due to be announced on Monday as part of the ...

What You Need To Know Major drug store chains CVS and Rite Aid are temporarily limiting purchases of so-called “morning-after” pills to three boxes per transaction amid a surge in demand ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the FDA "to review the latest data on mifepristone ," but experts say concerns about the abortion pill's safety are misguided.

“If you’re sick – especially with vomiting or diarrhoea – soon after taking your pill, your body might not absorb it properly, which can lower the hormone levels needed for it to work ...

You can prevent pregnancy by taking one emergency contraceptive pill up to 120 hours, or 5 days, after penis-in-vagina sex. There are two forms of emergency contraception: over-the-counter and ...

NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - The attorneys general of New York, California, Massachusetts and New Jersey asked the Food and Drug Administration to expand access to the abortion pill mifepristone ...

Massachusetts joins three other Democrat-led states asking FDA to remove abortion pill restrictions By Annabelle Timsit and Praveena Somasundaram The Washington Post, Updated June 5, 2025, 8:07 p.m.

The attorneys general of four Democrat-led states—New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California—petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, June 5, asking the agency to lift ...