What best response does the nurse provide for a patient who is asking how their new prescription for norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol works in preventing pregnancy?

This medication causes the destruction of a fertilized egg

This medication increases the development of hormones released by the pituitary which prevents egg fertilization and implantation

This medication causes the thickening of uterine mucus which decreases sperm movement and it also inhibits egg implantation

This medication induces the maturation of the ovarian follicle