0 any method of contraception (= a way of preventing a woman from becoming pregnant) that can be used a short time after the woman has had sex: --
"If most women had emergency contraception in their medicine cabinet, we could cut the rate of unintended pregnancy in half," she said.
The Student Health Centre offers emergency contraception in the form of the morning-after pill.
The emergency contraception can be taken in one of two forms: birth control pills in two doses, one within 72 hours of intercourse and the second 12 hours later; or an IUD used within five days.