The National Institutes of Health is spending over $700,000 studying ways to make emergency contraception more effective to prevent obese women from becoming pregnant.
The study, being conducted by Oregon Health and Science University, began late last year. Researchers say “unfortunately,” obese women are more likely to become pregnant after taking the “morning after pill.”
“Emergency contraception (EC) provides a woman with an additional line of defense against unintended pregnancy following an act of unprotected intercourse,” the grant for the project states. “Orally-dosed EC works by delaying ovulation and reduces the risk of pregnancy for a single act of unprotected intercourse by 50-70 [percent].”
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