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How does the progesterone only emergency contraceptive pill actually work?

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Acts on endometrium: It s doing 2 things: thickens the cervical mucus preventing sperm from crossing through cervix and thinns out the endometrium preventing fertilized egg implantantion in the endometrium.

Dr Ali and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/15/2018

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