See also Questions and Answers

Emergency contraceptive pills:

• Can be used by women of any age, including adolescents

• Do not cause abortion

• Do not prevent or affect implantation

• Do not cause birth defects if pregnancy occurs
• Are not dangerous to a woman's health
• Do not increase risky sexual behavior
• Do not make women infertile

• Can be used more than once in a woman’s cycle

Avoid Unnecessary Procedures

• A woman can take ECPs when needed without first seeing a health care provider.

• No procedures or tests are needed before taking ECPs. The exception is that a woman who missed her last menses should have a pregnancy test before taking UPA-ECPs.