Emergency contraceptive pills work by inhibiting or delaying ovulation and are not abortifacients, the US drug regulator has said after reviewing the scientific evidence.1
The Food and Drug Administration said that it was prompted to review the mechanism of action of emergency contraception after Foundation Consumer Healthcare, the company that has owned the product Plan B One-Step since 2017, applied for a change to the wording on its packaging in 2018. It is thought that the review …