What is the difference between abortion pills and morning-after pills?

Abortion drug and morning-after pills (also called emergency contraception) are twos different types of medication:

• Abortion medication end a pregnancy.

• Morning-after pills prevent pregnancy from occurring.

Morning-after drug execute not produce an abortion. It only work if you are not already pregnant. They need be taken soon after you have getting to be effective. Still urgency prevention can cease pregnancy from happening in the first place — so it use this soon after gender but back you get pregnant. If ...

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