ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH

If you've had unprotected sex in the past 120 hours (five days) and are trying to get emergency contraception (EC), chances are you're worried, maybe even panicked. Three of the easiest, fastest ways to get a prescription for EC are: 1) Call your regular doctor, nurse practitioner, student health center, or local family planning clinic. 2) Call 1-800-230-PLAN or visit www.teenwire.com for the nearest Planned Parenthood clinic. 3)Call the toll-free, confidential 24-hour EC Hotline, 1-888-NOT-2-LATE, or visit www.not-2-late.com to find someone near you who provides EC.

Emergency Contraception

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Although current use of regular contraception prevents as many as 1.65 million teen pregnancies in the United States each year, as many as 750,000 to 850,000 teens still experience a pregnancy and nearly 80 percent are unintended.

Emergency contraception (EC), also known as the morning after pill or Plan B®, could avert about 50 percent of pregnancies and consequent abortions among U.S. teens each year. Unfortunately, less than one-fourth of teenage women know that taking EC after unprotected intercourse can prevent pregnancy. Once informed about EC, most teens say they would use it in an emergency.

What You Should Know

• How to Get Emergency Contraception
• Sign the Petition - Make EC Available Over-the-Counter for ALL Women
• Emergency Contraception: A Safe & Effective Contraceptive Option for Teens
• EC Hotline
• What Activists Can Do
• Advocates EC Public Service Announcement
• About the EC Initiative
• Pharmacists' Attitudes and Awareness of EC
• Links to Organizations & Resources

For Educators and Health Care Providers

• What Educators Can Do
• What Health Care Providers Can Do
• Issues for Health Care Providers & Educators
• Lesson Plan: Facts about EC—True or False
• Lesson Plan: Negotiating Sexual Risk Reduction
• Training and Workshops

For Parents

• What Parents Can Do
• Tips for Talking with Sexually Active Teens about Contraception
• Parents and Teens Talking Together About Contraception

For Youth

• More on Emergency Contraception (how to get EC, myths and facts)
• EC 101: Emergency Contraceptive Pills
• Questions and Answers on EC
• EC Pop Quiz
• EC as an Option for Young Lesbian & Bisexual Woman
• Read the pamphlet: An Emergency Option for Preventing Pregnancy after Sex
• Join the EC Campaign!

Related Topics

• Abstinence
• Comprehensive Sex Education
• Condoms
• Contraceptives
• HIV and STIs
• Teen Pregnancy