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NYC mayor signs bill making emergency pills available.(Michael Bloomberg)(Brief Article)
2003 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has signed a bill making free emergency contraception available in city clinics and health facilities.
Emergency contraceptives, also known as morning-after pills, are intended to prevent pregnancy by ensuring that an egg does not become fertilized. They do not affect already fertilized eggs.
Emergency contraception can reduce the chance of pregnancy by 89% if taken within 72 hours of intercourse. An alternative pill, RU-486, which works by inducing abortion, was not ...
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