What are the pros and cons of emergency contraception? The advantages of an IUD as EC is that it's highly effective and provides ongoing birth control. It requires a visit to your healthcare provider, however, and may be expensive initially, if you're paying out of pocket. (It can provi...
The emergency contraceptive pill (ECP), more commonly known as Plan B or “the morning-after pill,” can be used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or the failure of a primarybirth controlmethod. The name “morning after” is misleading: it can (and should) be taken sooner than th...