Is the 72 Hour Pill a Birth Control?? Posted: 11-11-03 02:22am
What do you think it is?
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Roxie1422
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Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 13 Location: Ohio
Ecp Posted: 11-11-03 02:28am
The pill is called ecp (emergency
contraception pill) and can be used within
72 hours of unprotected intercourse to
prevent pregnancy. The more time that
elapses, the less effective it is.
Studies now show that it may be effective
for up to 5 days now though.
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JLRbabygrl0330
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Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 22 Location: Michigan
Posted: 11-11-03 02:33am
I have been told that it is like having an
abortion and it is starving the kid
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Roxie1422
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Ecp Posted: 11-11-03 02:44am
What it does is to thicken the mucus and
prevent any fertilized eggs from
implanting into the wall of the uterus.
There is a website if you wanted to look
there for further info.
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JLRbabygrl0330
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Posted: 11-13-03 20:13pm
Yeah that would be nice give me the name
of the website..Thanks
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ginac82
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Posted: 12-03-03 15:47pm
It's pretty much a double dosage of birth
control. It's def not an abortion and it
doesn't starve the kid. They give you two
pills when you recieve it. You must take
the first pill within 72 hours after
intercourse and the second pill 12 hours
after the first. It's good to try and
take both pills within 72 hours, but if
you don't, as long as u take the first one
it's fine. It hasn't even been proven
that you absolutely need the second pill.
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Void
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Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 18
Posted: 06-06-04 20:59pm
It is only to be used in emergenicies and
should under no circumanstances be used as
method of contreceoption.
It is normally used for eg if a condom has
split, not merely beacuse you didnt want
to use a condom or didnt have one.
Make sure you get regular contrception
sorted.
It is definatly not like an abortion.
An abortion is actually removing the
already formed embryo/foetus from the
womb, wheras the morning after pill is
used to prevent you ever falling pregnant.
