Question

What is meant by emergency contraception

Answer 1

Emergency contraception: The prevention of pregnancy after unprotected vaginal intercourse. ... These "morning-after pill" are similar to birth control pills but generally contain higher hormone doses.

Answer 2

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• it is treatment for unprotected sex or sexual assault, missed pills and other reasons which have risk of pregnancy. It is very high risk.The drugs used for treating emergency contraceptions are called morning after pills, e.g ipill, unwanted 72, noral and ovidon. this type of pills use hormones that block pregnancy.

• Insertion of IUD with in three days of unprotected sex prevents implantation. In such drug there is high dose of progesterone which prolongs ovulation.