A survey published by the National Center for Health Statistics in the US points out that from 2002 to 2010 the use of the morning after pill doubled, but that statistics should not be considered worrying. The data show that 1 in 9 women have already resorted to the emergency contraceptive method, giving us a number of 5.8 million women.
One of the reasons for the growth, which went from 4 to 11% of the public, is the easy access to the drug. Previously, the morning-after pill was sold only on prescription, and is now available to anyone over the age of 18. The study also shows that women are taking more drastic preventive measures even before consulting a doctor or hoping that everything has gone well and she is not in an unprepared and somewhat unplanned and unwanted pregnancy.
One of the good news from the survey is that 59% of the women interviewed used the pill only once if they had problems with other contraceptives, which shows that the drug is not being used as a contraceptive rather than its actual emergency function. To conclude, the data show that women in the age group of 20 to 24 years old and single are the majority, and married and those over the age of 20 no longer resort to this method as much.
Despite the controversies surrounding the drug, it is not an abortifacient but, in fact, contraceptive, used depending on the case and brand, until 5 days after the sexual act in which other methods to prevent pregnancy were suspected.
Remember that the use of the morning after pill should be done in case of failure in the other methods. It should never be used as a contraceptive method.
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