Emergency
Contraception: Other Sources of Information & Materials
Relatively
few people—including adolescents, health care providers,
sexuality educators, and policy makers—know about emergency
contraception (EC).
The first step to ensuring awareness of and access to EC is educating
yourself! If
you are committed to learning more about EC, read the following resources
for additional information.
Hotline
Emergency
Contraception Hotline
EC is available today without a prescription to women ages 18 and over. Young women under age 18 need a prescription. And you can ask for it by name: Plan B®. Physicians and other licensed reproductive health care providers—like a nurse practitioner—can write a prescription for EC. To find an EC provider near you, call the toll-free hotline any time, day or night. The hotline is confidential.
- 1-888-NOT-2-LATE (English)
- 1-866-EN-TRES-DIAS (Spanish)
 Web Sites
Back
Up Your Birth Control—http://www.backupyourbirthcontrol.org
To help reduce
the three million unintended pregnancies each year
in the U.S., the "Back Up Your Birth
Control" campaign encourages women to get a dose of EC from their health
care provider before they need it.
Emergency
Contraception Web Site—http://ec.princeton.edu
Operated by the Office of Population Research at Princeton University,
this site provides accurate information about emergency contraception derived
from the medical literature and a directory of clinicians willing to provide
emergency contraceptives in your area.
Managing
Contraception—http://www.managingcontraception.com
This site provides accurate, up-to-date, practical information about contraceptive
options, including emergency contraception, to health care providers. It also
allows users to download A Pocket Guide to Managing Contraception at
no cost.
RasingHerVoice—http://www.raisinghervoice.org/
This site provides a safe space for survivors of sexual assault to share their experiences with emergency contraception. The website aims to raise awareness about the important role of EC during a time of crisis.
Reproductive
Health Technologies Project—http://www.rhtp.org
This site provides information about reproductive health issues, including
emergency contraception and advocacy for reproductive rights.
South Carolina Emergency Contraception Initiative—http://www.morningafterinfo.org
This is a comprehensive Web site for information on emergency birth control pills and resources for youth, parents, professionals and the media in South Carolina.
Teenwire—http://www.teenwire.com
This site from Planned Parenthood gives great information
on young men's and women's bodies, how not to have sex if
you don't want it, safer sex, and dealing with breaking up.
It also gives referrals to local clinics.
I
Wanna Know—http://www.iwannaknow.org
Created by the American Social Health Association, this site offers information
on STDs, basics about what's going on with your body, and advice on how to
deal with peer pressure.
Sex
Etc.—http://www.sexetc.org
A website by teens for teens; this site helps youth
become sexually healthy people and avoid pregnancy and disease
during their teenage years.
Go
Ask Alice—http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
Produced by Columbia University's Health Education Program, this site has
loads of questions and answers on all kinds of relationship, sexuality, and
sexual health issues.
Dr.
Drew—http://www.drDrew.com
For even more answers about relationships, STDs, pregnancy
and birth control, visit the host of MTV and radio's Loveline
at this site. You can ask questions, share your health concerns
with Dr. Drew, chat with others, and find out the most recent
health information that affects you.
It's
Your (Sex) Life—http://www.itsyoursexlife.com
This site provides reliable, objective sexual health
information for young adults. The "It's Your (Sex)
Life campaign is part of the Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation.
The
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy—http://www.teenpregnancy.org
Sponsored by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, this website
has information for young people and adults who want to prevent teen pregnancy.
Guidebooks & Resource Packets
A
Clinician's Guide To Providing Emergency Contraceptive Pills
Pacific Institute for Women's Health
3450 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90010
P: 213.386.2600
Web site: http://www.piwh.org (available
free online)
American
College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG). Emergency oral
contraception. ACOG Practice Patterns 1996; No. 3:1-8.
ACOG Resource Center
409 12th Street SW
PO Box 96920
Washington, DC 20090-6920
P: 202.863.2518
Web site: http://www.acog.org
Emergency
Contraception: Resources for Providers
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Marketing Department
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
P: 800.669.0156 (request document #5410)
Emergency
Contraceptive Pills: A Resource Packet for Health Care Providers
and Programme
Mangers (available in English and Spanish)
International Consortium for Emergency Contraception
8930 Camp Road
Welcome, MD 20693
Web site: http://www.cecinfo.org/ (most
of the packet is available free online)
APhA
Special Report—Emergency Contraception: The Pharmacist's
Role
American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA)
2215 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037-2985
P: 800.237.APhA
Web site: http://www.pharmacist.com/
Comprehensive
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Training Curriculum, Module
5: Emergency Contraceptive Pills
Pathfinder International, Medical Services
9 Galen Street Suite 217
Watertown, MA 02172
P: 617.924.7200
Web site: http://www.pathfind.org (available
free online)
Updated January 2008
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