The morning-after pill is a very safe and effective emergency contraceptive that can be taken after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.

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Choosing not to have sex. Choosing not to have sex provides 100 percent protection from HIV, STIs, and pregnancy. For some, this means avoiding vaginal, anal, and oral-genital intercourse altogether.

A abortion . A procedure to intentionally end a pregnancy before a birth. Miscarriage is also sometimes called “spontaneous abortion,” even though it is usually not intended.

Intrauterine Contraception. Copper T intrauterine device (IUD) —This IUD is a small device that is shaped in the form of a “T.” Your doctor places it …

How to use birth control pills as emergency contraception

The Emergency Contraception Website – Your website for the “Morning After”

Understanding sex: Risks, health & contraception. Learn more about sex and sexuality and how you can get help from headspace.

The Guttmacher Institute is a primary source for research and policy analysis on contraception in the United States.

Roderick Hindery reported that a number of Western Catholics have voiced significant disagreement with the church’s stance on contraception. Among them, dissident theologian Charles Curran criticized the stance of Humanae vitae on artificial birth control.