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Emergency Contraception  - http://www.amwa-doc.org/publications/Position_Papers/contraception.htm  American Medical Women's Association position paper supporting EC as an important option.  Survey Finds Pharmacists, Public Favor Widespread Access to Emergency Contraception  - http://ec.princeton.edu/news/press2.html  Results of a U.S. opinion survey.  Provider Attitudes Toward Dispensing Emergency Contraception in Michigan's Title X Programs  - http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3103999.html  Article in Family Planning Perspectives (Joseph Winchester Brown and Matthew L. Boulton) describes results of a survey of family planning coordinators from Title X grantees.  Emergency Contraception: The Morning-After Pill  - http://www.all.org/issues/bc05.htm  The American Life League advises against using emergency contraception.  The Morning After Pill  - http://www.morningafterpill.org  Site asserts that "morning after" emergency contraception is just another abortion approach that kills a human life.  Catholic Hospitals Agree to Offer Emergency Contraception  - http://www.repro-activist.org/AAP/campaigns/hospital/ec.htm  About Directive 36 for Catholic Health Services, which instructs hospitals to make emergency contraception available to rape victims.  Emergency Contraceptive Pills - An Important Option for Teens  - http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fsecp.htm  Fact sheet arguing for broader access for U.S. teenagers.  Emergency Contraception (a.k.a. "Morning After Pill")  - http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_emer.htm  A thorough summary of the issues, from ReligiousTolerance.org.  Canadian Physicians for Life: Morning After Pill  - http://www.physiciansforlife.ca/morning.html  Discusses emergency contraception from a pro-life point of view.  Consortium for Emergency Contraception  - http://www.cecinfo.org/  International consortium promoting availability of emergency contraception and providing advice on developing local programs. Site includes advocacy information, reports on experiences with EC in developing countries, and other materials.  City Pages: The Morning-After Pill Gets a Push  - http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1179/article11371.asp  Discusses the public-health value of emergency contraception, difficulties women have obtaining the pills, and efforts in Minnesota to break down the barriers.  There's Got To Be a Morning After  - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/27/1056683908357.html  Issues surrounding emergency contraception in Australia and initiatives to make the pills easier to obtain.  The Christian Institute - The Morning After Pill Promoting Promiscuity  - http://www.christian.org.uk/html-publications/promotingpromiscuity.htm  UK Christian organization discusses many objections to emergency contraception and programs to increase the availability of "morning after" birth control.  FDA Advisory Committee: Barr Plan B Emergency Contraceptive OTC CARE Program Adequate  - http://www.fdaadvisorycommittee.com/FDC/AdvisoryCommittee/Committees/Nonprescription+Drugs/121603_PlanB/121603_EmergConR.htm  News article about US FDA advisory committee vote in favor of over-the-counter distribution of this medication.  'Morning-After' Pill Available at Some DoD Clinics  - http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPentagon.asp?Page=/Pentagon/archive/200206/PEN20020603a.html  Article about controversy over US Pentagon decision to make emergency contraceptives available to female soldiers.  Springfield News-Leader - Contraception Omitted from Justice Rape Treatment Guidelines  - http://entertainment.news-leader.com/life/today/1231-Contracept-263399.html  Bush's Department of Justice issues its first medical guidelines for treating sexual assault victims — without any mention of emergency contraception.  Governments Worldwide Put Emergency Contraception into Women’s Hands  - http://www.reproductiverights.org/pdf/pub_bp_govtswwec.pdf  A review of different countries' laws and policies about emergency contraception.