Between August 2022 and October 2023, the number of people filling emergency contraception prescriptions in Massachusetts spiked. Was the state experiencing an epidemic of unprotected sex?
Probably not. Researchers attribute the increase to the state making it easier for pharmacists to dispense the emergency contraceptives ulipristal (sold under the brand name Ella) and levonorgestrel (sold as Plan B), thereby making it easier for women to walk into a pharmacy and quickly walk out with the medication.
