As of today, the morning-after pill is now available to girls under the age of consent in the UK.
The shift has come about thanks to the European Medicines Agency, who changed the license of ellaOne (which can be effective up to five days after sex), so that it is now available for use by any woman of reproductive age in Europe.
While the move has been welcomed by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), it has obviously been greeted with some criticism.