(from the article `Health and Disease`) After a long politically charged debate, the FDA approved the sale in the United States of the morning-after, or next-day, pill (Plan B) to women ... States were badly split on their approach to a `morning-after` pill to prevent pregnancies. New Hampshire and Massachusetts became the sev...
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A pill (or pills) to prevent pregnancy, taken within hours of a woman having had unprotected intercourse.
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(MAP) Type: Term Definitions: 1. an oral drug that, when taken by a woman within 2-3 days after intercourse, reduces the probability that she will become pregnant. Synonyms: emergency hormonal contraception, postcoital contraception
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Morning-after pill: A form of contraception used after rather than before sexual intercourse. Morning-after pills interfere with pregnancy by blocking the implantation of the fertilized egg in the uterus (womb). The pills contain the same drugs as regular birth control pills, but in higher doses, and work the same way. Morning-after pill is a misno...
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An oral contraceptive that is taken within 72 hours after sexual intercourse. The pill usually contains higher doses of estrogen and progestin than typical oral contraceptives. Progestin prevents the sperm from reaching the egg and prevents a fertilized egg from implanting to the wall of the uterus. Estrogen stops the ovaries from releasing eggs .....
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n] - a large dose of estrogen taken orally within 24 to 72 hours after intercourse
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Pill to prevent pregnancy. Can be taken for up to 72 hours after unprotected sex has taken place.
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noun a large dose of estrogen taken orally within 24 to 72 hours after intercourse; prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum and so acts as a contraceptive; commonly used after rape or incest
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a contraceptive pill containing only an estrogen and used by women within a few hours after sexual intercourse.
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