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Emergency contraceptive pills:

• Can be used by women of any age, including adolescent
• 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.