The US Food and Drug Administration is looking into whether morning-after contraceptive pills fail to work in women over a certain weight and will decide whether to add a warning to the drug’s label.

EVERY pharmacy in Ireland is able to sell the morning-after pill without prescription or GP authorisation after the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) approved the over the counter sale of Norlevo.

Health officials in the US have approved a new, longer lasting 'morning-after pill'.