The Take Action pill is a type of emergency contraception that is supposed to prevent pregnancy. If you take it within 72 hours of unprotected sex, you have a 75% to 89% chance of it working.

Less than a decade after birth control activist Margaret Sanger first told scientist Gregory Pincus about her hopes for a "magic pill," it appeared that success was imminent. The trials presented ...

In March 2025, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved a new daily pill, relugolix-estradiol-norethisterone (Ryeqo), for use in the NHS in England. This medication ...