Busting the widely-held misconception you can only take the morning-after pill a maximum of three times in your life.

There are a lot of misconceptions about the morning-after pill - including the idea that it works like a very early abortion.

Prescription medication Ella, a prescription morning-after pill, may be a better choice for people who don’t take an emergency contraceptive until four or five days after sex or who weigh between 165 ...

The thought of accidental pregnancy is, to put it mildly, a bummer. But one factor that women who face this situation might not consider is how their weight might effect their options. Recently, a ...

Emergency contraceptive pills, often called the “morning-after pill,” are widely used as a quick solution after unprotected sex or contraceptive failure. For many women, they offer reassurance and ...

The government is running out of time to try to halt implementation of a federal judge’s ruling that would lift age restrictions for women and girls wanting to buy the morning-after pill. U.S.

The most heated part of the fight between the Obama administration and religious groups over new rules that require most health plans to cover contraception actually has nothing to do with birth ...

A federal judge has approved President Barack Obama's administration's concession to make emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step available to all girls without restrictions or prescriptions. Judge ...

A medication used as an emergency contraceptive or to treat fibroids may also help lower the risk of some of the most aggressive breast cancers. In a new study, women who were more likely to develop ...

The morning-after pill is now over-the-counter — for everybody, regardless of age, and regardless of what type of pill — now that the Obama administration has thrown in the towel in its battle with a ...