A new pill called ella will now be available for women who do not want an unplanned pregnancy as the Food and Drug Administration approved it on Friday. Ella is said to prevent pregnancy as many as five days after sex.

Family planning proponents welcomed the new pill and called it as a crucial new option to keep unwanted pregnancies at bay. But those who are opposing the drug stated that ella was capable of inducing an abortion and should not have been approved.

Studies have stated that the chances of getting pregnant can be cut by two-thirds by ella. Plan-B is the only other so called morning-after pill being sold in the market now. But it has limitations as it becomes ineffective after 72-hours.

A lot of controversies happened when Plan-B was being considered to be made available without a prescription. There was opposition but it was finally approved.

There were delays but Plan-B was made available to women who were more than 17 without any prescription.

Kirsten Moore, president of the Reproductive Health Technologies Project said, "Women's health advocates appreciate that the review process for ella was consistent with standard FDA procedure and based on scientific evidence, not politics. Approval of ella is further evidence that the FDA is committed to restoring scientific integrity in its decisions."