Editing Emergency contraception (section)

==Definition==
Emergency contraception is a [[birth control]] measure taken to reduce the risk of pregnancy following unprotected sexual intercourse or when other regular contraceptive measures have not worked properly or have not been used correctly.<ref name=BNF80>{{cite book | title=BNF|date=September 2020 – March 2021|publisher=BMJ Group and the Pharmaceutical Press|isbn=978-0-85711-369-6|edition=80|pages=838–839|chapter=7. Genito-urinary System}}</ref> It is intended to be used occasionally and is not the same as [[medical abortion]].<ref name=BNF80/><ref name="WomHealth">{{cite web |title=Emergency contraception |url=https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics/emergency-contraception |website=womenshealth.gov |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en |date=30 December 2016}}</ref> Emergency contraception is offered to women who do not wish to conceive but have had unprotected sex on any day of the [[menstrual cycle]], from day 21 after giving birth, or from day five after [[abortion]] or [[miscarriage]].<ref name=BNF80/> Emergency contraception measures include tablets taken by mouth or the insertion of a copper intrauterine device.<ref name=BNF80/><ref name="WomHealth"/>

Emergency contraception is not related to [[medical abortion]], which is a drug regimen administered to terminate pregnancies in any trimester.<ref name="pmid35114381">{{cite journal | vauthors = Vlad S, Boucoiran I, St-Pierre ÉR, Ferreira E | title = Mifepristone-Misoprostol Use for Second- and Third-Trimester Medical Termination of Pregnancy in a Canadian Tertiary Care Centre | journal = Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada | volume = 44 | issue = 6 | pages = 683–689 | date = June 2022 | pmid = 35114381 | doi = 10.1016/j.jogc.2021.12.010 | s2cid = 246505706 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Whitehouse K, Brant A, Fonhus MS, Lavelanet A, Ganatra B | title = Medical regimens for abortion at 12 weeks and above: a systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = Contraception | volume = 2 | pages = 100037 | date = 2020 | pmid = 32954250 | pmc = 7484538 | doi = 10.1016/j.conx.2020.100037 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Cumpston M, Li T, Page MJ, Chandler J, Welch VA, Higgins JP, Thomas J | title = Updated guidance for trusted systematic reviews: a new edition of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | volume = 10 | issue = 10 | pages = ED000142 | date = October 2019 | pmid = 31643080 | pmc = 10284251 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.ED000142 | collaboration = Cochrane Editorial Unit }}</ref>