Here you can find practice guidelines, clinical reports, interactive tools, and other resources designed for health care providers.

A Clinician’s Guide to Providing Emergency Contraceptive Pills (PDF) from Pacific Institute of Women’s Health

Consensus Grows that Patients’ Needs Ultimately Outweigh Providers’ Right to Refuse Services from the Guttmacher Institute

Emergency Contraception: Effective Use from Medscape (free registration required)

Emergency Contraception: A Last Chance to Prevent Unintended Pregnancy (PDF) by James Trussell, PhD, and Elizabeth G. Raymond, MD, MPH

Emergency Contraception Prevents Fertilization, Not Implantation, Studies Show from the Population Council

Emergency Contraceptive Pills, Second Edition, a Training Manual from Pathfinder International

EC in the ER Policy Toolkit: Contact the Education Fund’s MergerWatch Project at info@mergerwatch.org, or (518) 436-8408 ext 214

The Lancet series – Sexual and Reproductive Health (free registration required)

Limited Success: One Year of Access to Emergency Contraception (PDF) from the National Organization for Women Foundation

Online Emergency Contraception (EC) Training Program for pharmacists and health care professionals in the US

Pharmacy Refusal Toolkit, Protecting Women’s Rights at the Pharmacy Counter: Advocacy Strategies from States and Localities (PDF) from MergerWatch

Providers’ Perspectives: Perceived Barriers to Contraceptive Use in Youth and Young Adults, a report from the ARHP and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy

What You Need to Know fact sheets: The Difference Between Medical Abortion and Emergency Contraceptive Pills 

What You Need to Know fact sheets: The Facts About Emergency Contraception