FSRH Clinical Guideline: Emergency Contraception (March 2017, amended July 2023)

This document updates previous Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) guidance and aims to summarise the available evidence on emergency contraception (EC). The guidance is intended for use by health professionals providing EC. 

Please read this guidance document in conjunction with any relevant clinical statements for this topic:

FSRH CEU Statement Response to Edelman 2022 (August 2022)

FSRH CEU Statement: Response to Endler 2022 (July 2022)

FSRH CEU Statement: Combined oral contraceptive interference with the ability of ulipristal acetate to delay ovulation: A prospective cohort study (August 2018)

FSRH CEU response to European Medicines Agency recommendations regarding use of ulipristal acetate for management of uterine fibroids (February 2018)

FSRH CEU Statement: Response to Recent Publication Regarding Banh, et al - November 2020

FSRH CEU Statement: Response to Recent Publication Turok et al. (2021) - February 2021