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Emergency contraception (EC) can prevent pregnancy after unprotected vaginal intercourse. It is called “the morning after pill,” emergency birth control, or backup birth control.
- EC must be started within 120 hours — five days — after unprotected intercourse.
- The sooner it is started the better.
- Plan B
- How to Use EC
- After You Take the Pills
- Side Effects
- How Well Emergency Contraception Works
- Costs Vary Widely
- You May Want Emergency Contraception If …
- Emergency IUD Insertion
- 8 pages
- 8th grade reading level
- Revised 2008
en Español, Emergency Contraception

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