BIRTH CONTROL: EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
Emergency contraception is designed to prevent pregnancy after unprotected vaginal intercourse takes place. It is also called postcoital or “morning-after” contraception.
At some time in their lives, most women are faced with the fear that they might have an unintended and unwanted pregnancy. In fact, the average woman spends 75 to 80 percent of her fertile years trying to avoid pregnancy. During that time, she may forget to use a contraceptive, her contraceptive may fail, or she may be coerced into having unprotected vaginal intercourse.
You may want emergency contraception if:
• his condom broke or slipped off, and he ejaculated inside your vagina
• he forced you to have unprotected vaginal intercourse
• your diaphragm or cervical cap slipped out of place, and he ejaculated inside your vagina
• you miscalculated your “safe” days for periodic abstinence or fertility awareness methods
• you forgot to take your birth control pills
• you weren’t using any birth control
• he didn’t pull out in time
Contact your health care provider immediately if you have unprotected intercourse when you think you might become pregnant.
Emergency contraception is available from health care providers, Planned Parenthood health centers, and other women’s health and family planning centers. It is for use only if a woman is sure she is not already pregnant. It prevents pregnancy by preventing fertilization or implantation. It will not cause an abortion.
Emergency contraception is provided in two ways:
• emergency hormonal contraception—doses of birth control pills
• insertion of an IUD
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