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smeg@feddit.uk 11 months agoThat’s the normal contraceptive pill that you’d take regularly, the “morning after pill” is for when you’ve realised that you forgot to use any contraception and need to stop that embryo before it grows any more!
candybrie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Even for the morning after pill, the main mechanism is to prevent/delay ovulation that cycle. It can reduce the likelihood of implantation, but it’s less effective at that mode of prevention. And if the embryo already implanted, it will do nothing.
smeg@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Interesting, guess I missed that bit back in sex ed