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You can make a difference! Join the effort to ensure that every survivor has the opportunity to prevent pregnancy following an assault. Click on your state below to find local organizations and information about local emergency contraception (EC) access efforts.  AlabamaBack to Top AlaskaAlaska law allows pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception to customers without a prescription, after the pharmacists have completed a training program. For more information on "behind-the-counter" status in Alaska, click here. Back to TopArizonaBack to TopArkansasBack to TopCaliforniaCalifornia law allows pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception to customers without a prescription, after the pharmacists have completed a training program. For more information on "behind-the-counter" status in California, click here. California also requires hospital emergency rooms to provide EC to survivors of sexual assault. ColoradoBack to TopConnecticutBack to TopWashington, D.C.Back to TopDelawareBack to TopFloridaThe ACLU of Florida and the Florida Council Against Sexual Assault partnered to conduct a study of emergency contraceptive services in hospital emergency departments around the state. The results show that most Florida hospitals and sexual assault treatment centers do not routinely offer sexual assault patients emergency contraception on-site. For more information about this study and for ways to get involved, click here. Back to TopGeorgiaBack to TopHawaiiHawaii law allows pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception to customers without a prescription, after the pharmacists have completed a training program. For more information on "behind-the-counter" status in Hawaii, click here. Back to TopIdahoBack to TopIllinoisBack to TopIndianaBack to TopIowaBack to TopKansasBack to TopKentuckyBack to TopLouisianaBack to TopMaineMaine law allows pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception to customers without a prescription, after the pharmacists have completed a training program. For more information on "behind-the-counter" status in Maine, click here. Back to TopMarylandBack to TopMassachusettsBack to Top MichiganBack to TopMinnesotaBack to TopMississippiBack to TopMissouriBack to TopMontanaBack to TopNebraskaBack to TopNevadaBack to TopNew HampshireBack to TopNew JerseyBack to TopNew MexicoNew Mexico law allows pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception to customers without a prescription ("behind-the-counter"), after the pharmacists have completed a training program. New Mexico law also requires hospitals to provide EC to survivors of sexual assault. For more information on specific EC laws in New Mexico, click here. Back to TopNew YorkNew York law requires hospitals to provide EC to survivors of sexual assault. Click here for more information. Back to TopNorth CarolinaBack to TopNorth DakotaBack to TopOhioBack to TopOklahomaBack to TopOregonBack to TopPennsylvaniaBack to TopRhode IslandBack to TopSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina law requires that hospital emergency rooms dispense emeregency contraception upon request to sexual assault victims. Click here for more information. Back to TopSouth DakotaBack to TopTennesseeBack to TopTexasBack to TopUtahBack to TopVermontBack to Top VirginiaBack to TopWashingtonWashington law allows pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception to customers without a prescription, after the pharmacists have completed a training program. For more information on "behind-the-counter" status in Washington, click here. Washington law also requires hospitals to provide EC to survivors of sexual assault. Back to TopWest VirginiaBack to TopWisconsinBack to TopWyomingBack to Top
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