The morning after pill is being sold illegally on eBay for just £5, a Daily Mail investigation has found. Experts say women are playing roulette with their health as so little is known about the potential harm. The powerful contraceptive can cause serious side effects and has been linked to a fatal complication in pregnancy if taken too late. It is only available legitimately in the UK from GPs, sexual health clinics and pharmacists after the woman is asked detailed questions, or over the internet from a handful of chemists following an online consultation with a doctor. Yet the Mail found it is being sold to British women on eBay by foreign touts who do not ask any questions about their age, underlying health, any medications they take or when they had unprotected sex. Delivery takes up to two weeks – too late for emergency use. But experts are worried women are stocking up ‘just in case’ and sparing themselves a potentially embarrassing consultation with a GP or pharmacist.
