'Morning-after' pill doesn't increase unsafe sex

Fri Jul 8, 2005 4:21 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Allowing 'morning-after' contraceptive pills to be sold over the counter does not increase their use, suggesting that easy availability does not lead to an upsurge in unprotected sex, British investigators report.

Beginning in January of 2001, emergency contraception has been available without prescription in the UK, Dr. Cicely Marston and associates note in an online report from the British Medical Journal.