Effectively Prevents Unwanted Pregnancy Washington, DC - Over 60 medical groups and women's health advocates will petition the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make emergency contraception available over the counter.
Emergency contraception is safer than aspirin and just as easy for women to use.
Name has been changed Emergency contraception can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. Emergency contraceptives are a completely different drug than mifepristone or RU-486, which terminates pregnancy at an early stage. As a result of a Citizen's Petition filed by CRLP in 1996 the FDA determined that ordinary birth control pills were safe and effective when used as emergency contraception. In 1998, the FDA approved Preven, the first product designed explicitly for emergency contraception. A second product, Plan-B was approved in 1999.