Julie: An effective, FDA-approved pill to prevent pregnancy
Julie is a new healthcare brand that supports women in making educated decisions about preventing unwanted or mistimed pregnancies.
If you recently had unprotected sex—like when a condom breaks or you missed a birth control pill—the Julie morning-after pill is a safe and effective way to prevent a pregnancy before it starts. It works by temporarily delaying or stopping ovulation. Find Julie at a CVS near you.
Julie is made of 1.5mg levonorgestrel, a progestin-only emergency contraception that has been FDA-approved since 1999. It stops the ovary from releasing an egg, prevents sperm from surviving, and alters the uterine lining (endometrium), which may affect implantation. Basically, it stops what’s needed for a pregnancy to develop.
Alt for above: It stops the ovary from releasing an egg, prevents sperm from surviving and fertilizing an egg, and alters the uterine lining to make sure that a pregnancy doesn’t develop.
-89% effective when taken within 3 days (72 hours)
-FDA approved and legal in all 50 states
-Available at CVS nationwide
-No prescription, credit card, or ID required
There are plenty of reasons why you might find yourself needing to take the morning-after pill.
Here are the most common:
- You didn’t use birth control
- You missed 2-3 active birth control pills in a row
- You and your partner only used the “pull out” method
- You had unprotected sex without using any form of birth control
- The condom broke or came off
The morning-after pill is sometimes confused with medical abortion. While medical abortion is used to terminate an exisiting pregnancy, Julie prevents a pregnancy from starting in the first place. It can’t end or harm a pregnancy that has already started. Julie is FDA-approved and legal in all 50 states.
Julie is not a permanent form of birth control—it only stops ovulation in the short term. When you start a new cycle next month, you’ll go through a brand new ovulation phase, which is a new opportunity to get pregnant. So if you’re planning on having babies in the future, rest assured your chances of getting pregnant won’t be affected by the pill, even if you take it multiple times.
Very. The morning-after pill has been used by millions of women to prevent pregnancy for decades. There have been no reports of complications, and the pill does not affect your ability to get pregnant in the future. Emergency contraception has been extensively tested, studied, and approved by the FDA. It’s important to remember that it does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases. Make sure to use proper STD and HIV protection (like a condom) when having sex.