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Is it helpful to take unwanted 72 pills to avoid pregnancy after having unprotected sex from 1 week ?
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Unwanted 72 is supposed to be taken only upto 72hrs from an unprotected intercourse. After 1 week it wont act as fertilization would hv already happened by that time. Now if u bcom pregnant u ll hv to abort only.
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