Doctors in India Worried Over Abuse of 'Morning-After' Pill: Health-care workers and government officials in India are concerned over the routine and indiscriminate use of emergency contraceptive pills, commonly called the 'morning-after' pill. The pills are freely available over the counter in India.
Producers of the two most popular brands in India, called 'I-pill' and 'Unwanted 72,' have been promoting the pills as a 'primary contraceptive' method rather than an 'emergency measure,' and are targeting their ads at teenagers and young unmarried women. More than 8.2 million ECPs were sold in 2009, an increase of 250 percent from the previous year.
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