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Emergency Contraception Initiative

Our Purpose

Every day in West Virginia, young women face the possibility of a pregnancy they did not intend and may not want:

• Their regular method of contraception failed,
• They were raped or sexually assaulted,
• They missed their contraceptive shot or forgot some pills
• They did not use a method of protection.

No young woman should have to face an unwanted pregnancy when there is medication to prevent it. Yet many young women in West Virginia do not know about emergency birth control.

The West Virginia Emergency Contraception Initiative, a project of WV FREE and Advocates for Youth, is designed to help young women prevent unintended pregnancy by educating them and others in our state about emergency birth control pills.

Our Services and Activities

We work with health care providers, youth-serving professionals, parents and young women in the West Virginia in the areas of Charleston, Morgantown, and McDowell County. We provide, among other services:

For Women and Men, ages 15-35

• A Web site, www.wvfree .org/ec, with information about emergency birth control pills  
• Up-to-date publications and pamphlets
• A directory of health care providers who can prescribe emergency birth control pills
• A directory of pharmacies that stock the medication.

For Health Care Professionals, Pharmacists and other Caring Adults

• Publications with the latest facts
• Clinical practice guidelines for health care practitioners
• Emergency room protocols
• Pamphlets and wallet cards for distribution to young women
• Training on issues related to emergency birth control.

For Professional Associations, College Organizations, Rape Crisis Centers and Community-based Organizations

• Up-to-date resource materials and educational opportunities
• Materials and technical assistance to conduct local emergency birth control awareness campaigns, and
• Networking opportunities.

Please contact us at:
The West Virginia Emergency Contraception Initiative
P.O. Box 11042
Charleston, WV 25339
phone: 304.342.9188 | fax: 304.342.9189
email: margaret@wvfree.org