The New Year’s Eve Don’t Drop the Ball Campaign has come and gone, but not the need to back up your birth control. Condoms can break. Pills can be forgotten. Luckily, emergency contraception (EC) is available over the counter at pharmacies, even in a single pill. And if taken within 120 hours of a birth control oops, it can help prevent pregnancy. Go to www.backupyourbirthcontrol.org for more information.
On New Year’s morning, hundreds of people sent funny morning-after text messages to their friends from our cast of New Year’s Eve revelers. It gave hundreds of women a good laugh. And more importantly, if an accident did happen the night before, it reminded them that EC is available.
