What is the Morning After Pill?

The morning after pill is am emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy if a women has unprotected sexual intercourse (without use of contraception, contraception failure, or in cases of rape) and fears that she may become pregnant. The pill is a high dosage of the birth control pill and is recommended for use up to 72 hours (three days) after sex. However, the earlier you take it, the better it works when taken within 12 hours of unprotected sex.
There are three ways birth control pills are currently being promoted for this use: progesterone alone, estrogen alone, or both of these steroids together. The pills work to prevent pregnancy by preventing your ovaries from releasing an egg, and by altering the lining of the womb so a fertilized egg can’t embed itself there. The morning after pill is regarded as an emergency contraceptive and does not work as an abortive pill. It will not work if you are already pregnant.
Morning after pill can be obtained with a prescription from your general practitioner or directly from your online drugstore.
The morning after pill is not 100% effective, but the failure rate is quite low. It is widely used by:
    Rape victims
    Couples who have a condom break during sex
    Women who have had unprotected sex
The morning after pill is safe to use and the side-effects are very minimal. Only one in every 60 women actually vomits from taking the pill. If you do vomit within three hours of taking the pill, you should assume that its effects had been lost and you should retake the pill.