​Emergency Contraception Resources:

• American Society for Emergency Contraception Reports and Fact Sheets: 

  • Distribution of Emergency Contraception (EC) By Organizations: Legal Issues  

  • Mechanism of Action of Levonorgestrel Emergency Contraceptive Pills  

  • Emergency Contraception for Every Campus (student website) and EC 101  

  • Emergency Contraception for Transgender and Nonbinary Patients 

  • Emergency Contraception in the COVID-19 Era: Advance access is more important than ever 

  • Commentary: Now Is the Time to Safeguard Access to Emergency Contraception as Abortion Restrictions Sweep the United States  

  • Emergency Contraception: A guide for Pharmacies and Retailers  

• Emergency Contraception Chart, Bedsider  

• Chart: Emergency Contraception: Birth Control that Works After Sex, Bedsider and Bixby Center at the University of California, San Francisco 

• Find Health Care (Tool in English and Spanish), Bedsider

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Resources for EC after SA/DV:

• The Use of Emergency Contraception After Sexual Assault, International Association of Forensic Nurses 

• Providing Emergency Contraception to Sexual Assault Survivors, National Women’s Law Cente

• Frequently Asked Questions: Over-the-counter (OTC) medications in domestic violence and sexual violence programs, Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance  

• Trauma, and Mental Health: Model Medication Policy for DV Shelters, National Center on Domestic Violence 

 

REFERENCES

1. Emergency Contraception for Every Campus. Emergency Contraception Basics [Internet]. 2023; Available from: https://www.ec4ec.org/ec-101/

2. American Society for Emergency Contraception. Mechanism of Action of Levonorgestrel Emergency Contraceptive Pills, [Internet]. 2022;Available from: https://www.americansocietyforec.org/_files/ugd/7f2e0b_60b64d14bc4445d29c70aad73618950b.pdf

3. Cleland K, Zhu H, Goldstuck N, Cheng L, Trussell J. The efficacy of intrauterine devices for emergency contraception: a systematic review of 35 years of experience. Hum Reprod 2012;27(7):1994–2000. 

4. American Society for Emergency Contraception. Efficacy of emergency contraception and body weight: Current understanding and recommendations [Internet]. 2022;Available from: www.americansocietyforec.org/reports-and-factsheets

5. Raymond EG, Cleland K. Clinical practice. Emergency contraception. NEnglJMed 2015;372(14):1342–8. 

6. Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. FRSH Guideline: Emergency Contraception. 2020. 

7. Haeger KO, Lamme J, Cleland K. State of emergency contraception in the U.S., 2018. Contracept Reprod Med 2018;3:20. 

8. Jatlaoui TC, Riley H, Curtis KM. Safety data for levonorgestrel, ulipristal acetate and Yuzpe regimens for emergency contraception. Contraception 2016;93(2):93–112. 

9. Li HWR, Gemzell-Danielsson K. Mechanisms of action of emergency contraception pills. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 2019;24(1):11–2. 

10. American Society for Emergency Contraception. Distribution of Emergency Contraception by Organizations: Legal Issues [Internet]. Available from: https://www.americansocietyforec.org/reports-and-factsheets

11. American Society for Emergency Contraception. “This is much harder than I thought it would be.” Access to over-the-counter emergency contraception in America [Internet]. Available from: www.americansocietyforec.org/reports-and-factsheets

12. American Society for Emergency Contraception. Emergency contraception: A guide for pharmacies and retailers [Internet]. 2016;Available from: http://americansocietyforec.org/uploads/3/4/5/6/34568220/pharmacy_ec_access_overview.pdf