Demand for emergency contraception is highest after New Year’s Eve, according to a new study. (Getty Images) Sales of emergency contraception surge after New Year’s Eve, and experts say unprotected ...

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. With Steve Inskeep, I'm Linda Wertheimer. The Food and Drug Administration has until the end of this month to decide whether to allow emergency ...

Women who use the morning-after-pill or Plan B are at high risk of developing risky pregnancies, a new study has shown. According to a study by Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, women and ...

Morning-after pills are emergency contraceptives that prevent pregnancy by delaying ovulation. They work best when taken quickly. Side effects may include nausea, fatigue, and menstrual changes. They ...

FILE - An abortion- rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March ...

The emergency pill, commonly known as the morning after. Unfortunately, many young women, most of them in their twenties, use it to prevent pregnancy every time they indulge in unprotected sex. It is ...

Unprotected sex on New Year’s Eve may be driving a spike in sales of emergency contraception after the holiday, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal. In the study, ...

A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used ...