The emergency contraceptive ulipristal acetate (ellaOne, HRA Pharma) should be available without a prescription in the European Union (EU), the European Medicines Agency's (EMA's) Committee for ...

EllaOne are the company behind one of two morning after pills offered by the NHS (the other being Levonelle). In 2019, they are also trying to break the taboo surrounding emergency contraception. It's ...

WOMEN can now get the morning after pill delivered to their door in a matter of hours. The emergency contraceptive will be available in three to five hours, under a new scheme being trialled by ...

In a previous article in this newspaper, I read that emergency contraceptives never inhibit or delay ovulation when they are taken in the advanced pre-ovulatory fertile days, those in which 75 per ...

A change of licence means EllaOne, which is effective five days after intercourse, can be given to any woman of reproductive age in Europe The morning-after pill has been officially licensed for use ...

When was the last time you had to take the morning after pill? And how did you find the experience of buying it? Did you feel awkward or even judged by the consultation process? We know that the ...

A new type of morning-after pill is more effective than the most widely used drug at preventing pregnancies in women who had unprotected sex and also works longer, for up to five days, a new study ...

A recently released morning-after pill has been in the news this week - it's called ellaOne. There's been lots of discussion after the emergency contraception was licensed so that it's available to ...

No matter how much society tries to sell overly romanticized happy endings, real women know it’s not that simple. That's the concept behind HRA Pharma’s new digital and print ads in the U.K. for its ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The existence of stigma surrounding the morning-after pill will come as little surprise — after all, slut-shaming is as real as it is reprehensible. But the scale of that stigma might shock you.

A recently released morning-after pill has been in the news this week - it's called ellaOne. There's been lots of discussion after the emergency contraception was licensed so that it's available to ...