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EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AD CONTEST

WV FREE is seeking submissions for an EC Ad Contest.

Deadline for submissions is August 1st, 2008!! Tell your daughter or son about the contest, or if you are between the ages of 15-25, get to work on creating an ad that sends an informative and positive message about EC. Grand-prize is $200!

IMPORTANT EVENTS

May 13th is the last day to vote. If you have not yet voted (early), please exercise that great right and vote!

May 15th, 2008
Flatwoods, WV- Meeting of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Taskforce

May 16th, 2008
Charleston, WV- Women's Health Day, sponsored by FamilyCare. Free women's health screenings, BP, Wt., HT, Blood work, etc. Click here for more details.

May 17th, 2008
Lewisburg, WV- WV FREE Board meeting

Check out all of the upcoming events here.

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION

WV FREE Launches Emergency Contraception Campaign

This year WV FREE was identified and selected by Advocates for Youth, a national reproductive health advocacy organization, for a multi-year project, the West Virginia Emergency Contraception Initiative. The goal is twofold: to raise awareness about EC among young women and men in three strategic areas of the state and to improve access through pharmacies, family planning clinics, rape crisis centers, and hospital emergency rooms. The project, a partnership between WV FREE and Advocates for Youth, will be launched in April 2008. Click here to find out more!

The WV EC Initiative promotes EC as a responsible contraceptive back-up plan, to be used in cases of contraceptive failure, sexual assault or unprotected sex. All campaign materials refer women to the WV FREE website and the 888-NOT-2-LATE hotline, where they can get the address of the nearest EC provider.

Listen to our radio ad!