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" Plan B, a type of emergency contraception (you may have heard friends call it &amp;quot;the morning-after pill&amp;quot;), will soon be available over-the-counter to girls of all ages, after a recent decision by the Obama administration. So in the next few months you&amp;#039;ll be able to find Plan B right on drugstore shelves\u2014before, only girls 17 and over could buy it without a prescription from their doctor. What this means for you: While it&amp;#039;s important to always be careful and use contraception (a condom, The Pill, etc.) sometimes things\u2014like a ripped condom\u2014do happen. Now, Plan B is more easily available as a backup method (it&amp;#039;s not a good idea to use it as your first line of defense, though). Plan B is most effective at preventing pregnancy if you take it right after a condom rip or unprotected sex\u2014but it still can be used up to five days after. Plan B is also totally safe, and works in a similar way as birth control pills because it prevents rather than ends a pregnancy. And remember\u2014the only 100 percent guaranteed way to protect yourself from pregnancy is to wait to have sex. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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