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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.
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 March 2009
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