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Emergency Contraception
Also known as "Plan B" or the "Morning
After Pill"
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved over-the-counter
(OTC) access to Plan B® emergency contraception for women
18 years and older on August 24, 2006! This is a hard-fought
and well-deserved victory for women and women’s health
advocates who have worked tirelessly for OTC approval of this
safe and effective method of preventing pregnancy. While this
is a triumph for most women, young women 17 years and under
are left behind.
>Read
the press release from the Reproductive Health Technologies
Project
EC is a safe, concentrated dose of ordinary birth-control
pills that reduces the risk of pregnancy up to 89 percent
if taken within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse. If
widely available, EC could prevent thousands of unplanned
pregnancies and abortions every year.
> Click here
(PDF) to download an overview and a list of resources.
> Click here (PDF) to
learn more about EC.
Educate your friends about this important issue
Learn what the rest of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive
Choice is saying about the FDA's decision. Read
More
Campus Organizing Ideas
Set up a table packed with information about EC in high traffic
areas like the student center or dining hall. Host a workshop
or speaker in the dorms to educate students and staff about
how EC works and our struggle to get it over available the
counter. Create a poster campaign aimed at women under 18
reminding them to get a prescription for emergency contraception
to have on hand when needed! More
Ideas
Back Up Your Birth Control
Back Up Your Birth Control is a campaign to help make emergency
contraception (EC) more effective by making sure women know
about it! Get
Involved
Copyright 2005-2007 Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom.
This website is a project of Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom, a program of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC). The contents of this website and linked websites do not necessarily reflect the positions of the RCRC or the member faith groups of the RCRC.
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