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Women have turned to Plan B One‑Step for years when their birth control plan A didn’t work out. Plan B is emergency contraception that helps prevent pregnancy before it starts when taken within 72 hours after unprotected sex or birth control failure. We recommend that stores carry Plan B right on the shelf so that it’s available to anyone who needs it. Regardless of where women buy it, there’s no prescription or ID needed—and no age requirement, either.
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Unlike other emergency contraception options, women can and should resume their regular hormonal birth control immediately after taking Plan B.
Why? Plan B contains the same active ingredient as many popular birth control pills—levonorgestrel—just at a single, higher dose.
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