Emergency Contraception

Follow the links below to find information on emergency contraception or the use of the "morning after pill".

Reviewed January 2008

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Title:   About abortion (termination of pregnancy)
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Finding out you are pregnant can bring up many different emotions, especially if it was not planned. Each woman will feel different. Some women feel confused and scared; others numb and shocked, whereas others feel happy and excited. All these feelings are normal and okay. Your feelings will probably also change while you are thinking about your options. To find out more about abortion, check out this fact sheet.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Emergency contraception can be used by a girl up to three days after unprotected sex to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. This updated and expanded factsheet tells you what emergency contraception is, how it works, what the side effects are, where you can get it, as well as things you can do to look after yourself.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Late period
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   If you have had unprotected sex and consider yourself at risk of pregnancy, see your local pharmacy, doctor, family planning clinic or sexual health clinic to discuss emergency contraception.,If you can't explain why your period is late and you are not pregnant, see your local doctor, family planning clinic or sexual health clinic.,Late or missed periods can be due to: pregnancy stress and fatigue excessive weight loss excessive exercise hormone disturbance coming off the combined oral contraceptive pill for up to 12 months after depo-provera or the injectable contraceptive.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Emergency contraception can be used to prevent pregnancy after sex.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Contraception - emergency contraception
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Sometimes emergency contraception is needed to prevent pregnancy after sex. This may be necessary if the pill is missed, a condom breaks or in the case of rape. Emergency contraception, previously known as the morning after pill', must be started within 120 hours of having unprotected sex.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Interventions for emergency contraception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Emergency contraception is using a drug or copper intrauterine device (Cu-IUD) to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. This is for backup, not regular contraception. Mifepristone and levonorgestrel are very effective with few adverse effects, and ar...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   If you have had unprotected sex, emergency contraception (EC) may be helpful in preventing an unwanted pregnancy.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) are hormone pills which are used for contraception after a woman has had unprotected sex.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Emergency contraceptive pills (ECP)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Emergency contraceptive pills (the morning after pill) can be used by a woman who has had unprotected sex, to prevent pregnancy.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Abortion pill - RU486 (mifepristone)
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Mifepristone, also known as RU486 or 'the abortion pill', is a drug that induces miscarriage if taken in the first three months of pregnancy. It can be used for medical abortion and offers a choice to women who do not want to have a surgical abortion. RU486 is not currently available in Australia for the purposes of inducing abortion.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Advance provision of emergency contraception for pregnancy prevention
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Emergency contraception is an increased dose of the hormones found in ordinary birth control pills. This medication can prevent unwanted pregnancy if taken soon after unprotected sex. Getting a prescription for emergency contraception can be difficult a...
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Emergency contraception works by stopping the fertilised egg from implanting in the lining of the womb.
Date:   Jul 2004
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   The emergency pill (sometimes called the morning after pill,) is a special dose oral contraceptive pill. You take it to reduce the chance of pregnancy after unprotected sex.
Date:   Jan 2003
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