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It took me about three queries on google to find a company with an 800 number that listed certain pills that could be taken, and one of them had this information for one of the pills:

"Trinessa

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ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES

COMMON BRAND NAME(S): Brevicon, Demulen, Lo/Ovral, Loestrin, Modicon, Nordette, Norinyl, Ortho-Novum, Ovcon, Ovral, Tri-Phasil

WARNING: Smoking cigarettes while using this medication increases your chance of having heart problems. Do not smoke while using this medication. The risk of heart problems increases with age (in women greater than 35 years of age) and with frequent smoking (15 cigarettes per day or greater).

USES: This medication is used to prevent pregnancy or to regulate your menstrual cycle. Certain brands of birth control pills may be used for treating acne or as a 'morning after' pill for emergency contraception. Consult your doctor or pharmacist. Use of this medication does not protect you or your partner against sexually transmitted diseases (e.g., HIV, gonorrhea)."

Now with a few searches I probably could have come up with some more "on-line" companies. I think this lady lawyer could have done so too. And perhaps a couple of calls to Planned Parenthood could have confirmed for her which drug to purchase and with FEDEX she could have had the pill pretty quickly; at least within the 72 hours she mentioned in the article. Of course I don't know what all her efforts were other than what she wrote about, but I think she didn't do enough. JMO

Now with a few searches I probably could have come up with some more "on-line" companies.

Are those just *information* sites, or actual *order* sites? And can they be ordered without a prescription or doctor's "okay"?

I think this lady lawyer could have done so too. And perhaps a couple of calls to Planned Parenthood could have confirmed for her which drug to purchase and with FEDEX she could have had the pill pretty quickly;

Did you actually find any sites that offered to FEDEX pills to people without a doctor's approval?

at least within the 72 hours she mentioned in the article.

If it gets there after, say, 71 hours, it's only 1/72 as effective (i.e., 1/72 as likely to catch the egg before it ovulates in the necessary timespan compared to getting it early in the 72-hour window).

Of course I don't know what all her efforts were other than what she wrote about, but I think she didn't do enough. JMO

She's doing it now -- she's writing an editorial to try to help lessen the pointless restrictions on the availability of this contraceptive.