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    Question ID:   15255         Current Version: 1
Question: What is emergency contraception?
Category: Health & Beauty > Women's Health
Keywords: birth control, emergency contraception, EC
Type: what
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Emergency contraception, or emergency birth control, is used to help keep a woman from getting pregnant after she has had sex without using birth control or if the birth control method failed. If you are already pregnant, emergency contraception will not work.

Use emergency contraception if:

  • You didn't use birth control.
  • You were forced to have sex.
  • The condom broke or came off.
  • Your diaphragm slips out of place.
  • He didn't pull out in time.
  • You missed at least two or three active birth control pills in a row (depending on which pill brand you use).
  • You were late getting your shot.
  • You have reason to think your regular birth control might have failed.

Emergency contraception should not be used as regular birth control. Other birth control methods are much better at keeping women from becoming pregnant. Talk with your doctor to decide which one is right for you.

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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