Students at a university in the American state of Pennsylvania can buy morning-after pills from a vending machine.

The machine also provides condoms and pregnancy tests. [Mail, 7 February]

According to the manufacturers, morning-after pills may cause early abortions by preventing embryos implanting in the womb.

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