Warning over effectiveness of morning-after pill for overweight women

More than half of women who take the morning-after pill could still fall pregnant because they are overweight, experts have warned.

Warning over effectiveness of morning-after pill for overweight women
Sat, 01 Apr, 2017 - 08:42

More than half of women who take the morning-after pill could still fall pregnant because they are overweight, experts have warned.

Emergency contraception providers have been advised to tell women who are overweight according to their BMI or weigh more than 11st that it is possible the drug will not work.

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