Women can now get the morning-after pill from pharmacies free of charge. The move has been hailed as one of the most significant changes to sexual health services since the 1960s, and officials hope ...

In Europe, a morning-after pill identical to Plan B is going to come with a warning— the manufacturer has found the drug is ineffective for women who weigh more than 176 pounds, and begins to lose ...

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 ...

This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. Morning-after pills are no stranger to controversy. Remember when some pharmacists refused to fill prescriptions for Plan B, or more recently when the federal ...

Emergency contraceptive pills, often called the “morning-after pill,” are widely used as a quick solution after unprotected ...

Women can now get the morning-after pill free of charge from pharmacies across England, which officials hope will help widen access and convenience for patients across the country. Emergency ...

Until recently, both the National Institute of Health and the Mayo Clinic, two respected and oft-Googled sites listed what science now considers misinformation regarding emergency contraception. It ...

So, you took Plan B, aka the morning-after pill, after a condom mishap. Now you’re anxiously waiting and wondering: “Did it work?” “What if I’m pregnant?” “How would I even know?” The morning-after ...