Emergency Contraception: A Safe & Effective Contraceptive Option for Teens (The Facts) (available online only)
Emergency contraception (EC) is a method of preventing pregnancy after sexual intercourse—is an important contraceptive option that could annually prevent at least 50 percent of unintended pregnancies among American women. Experts estimate that timely use of EC could prevent up to 70 percent of abortions. In fact, use of EC prevented about 51,000 abortions in 2000. Young people need information about and access to emergency contraception.

Emergency Contraceptive Pills—An Emergency Option for Preventing Pregnancy after Sex: A Brochure (Pamphlet) (Order publication - see order form for pricing)
Written by and for young women, this pamphlet provides information on emergency contraceptive pills, a birth control option that can be used AFTER unprotected sex.

Teens and Emergency Contraceptive Pills: Issues for Health Care Providers & Educators (Issues at a Glance) (Order publication - $2.00)
Teens may experience actual (logistical) and perceived barriers to obtaining emergency contraception. For example, health care providers' lack of knowledge about ECP is a barrier to teens' obtaining emergency contraception. Other logistical barriers include cost, time constraints, lack of insurance, lack of transportation, and clinics' hours of operation. Perceived barriers include teens' fears of confidentiality being violated, of procedures such as blood tests or pelvic exams, and of side effects. This paper examines perceived and actual barriers and advises providers and educators as to how best to eliminate these.

Emergency Contraceptive Pills: The Word from Medical Professionals* (From Research to Practice) (available online only)
many Americans –females and males, health professionals and consumers – do not know that there is a contraceptive method that works after unprotected sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy. This method is known as emergency contraception. Emergency contraception (EC) is also known as the ‘morning after pill’ and Plan B^®.

Emergency Contraceptive Pills: Selected, Annotated Bibliography* (From Research to Practice) (available online only)
The following resources have been carefully selected to lead health care providers, educators, and other youth serving professionals to high quality, reliable information on emergency contraceptive pills. This document includes online links to: medical organizations’ policy statements; Web sites and literature reviews; and consumer health information.