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Family Planning Health Services wants to make sure women have the most accurate and up to date information on Emergency Contraception, also known as EC.

EC is intended to prevent pregnancy when a contraceptive fails or a contraceptive is not used or if a woman is raped.

It contains the same hormone commonly used in birth control pills, but in a concentrated dose intended for emergency use after unprotected sex. Despite what some people believe, medical studies show EC works by preventing ovulation or fertilization, not implantation.

 

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