| The California Emergency Contraception (EC) Network consists of experienced community leaders and health professionals dedicated to improving access to EC and protecting women's health by sharing information and strategies among a broad constituency of stakeholders, including but not limited to clinicians, pharmacists, state and local officials, public health departments, researchers, advocacy groups, and health educators.
The goals of the statewide California Emergency Contraception Network are to:
- Universally improve access to and awareness of emergency contraception as a way to prevent unplanned pregnancy and protect women’s health.
- Bolster women's decision-making authority to use EC as a means to help plan their families and time their pregnancies.
- Mainstream EC access and use universal access as a bridge to ongoing reproductive healthcare.
- Support women's reproductive right and ability to choose from a wide range of contraceptive options, including EC.
- Impress upon policymakers, opinion leaders, and the media the importance of expanding access to EC.
The California EC Network affirms that unplanned pregnancies can be addressed and reduced with greater access to EC. To this end, the EC Network supports an EC information campaign that clearly and accurately conveys the safety, efficacy, and acceptability of EC in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner to reach California's diverse communities.
Augmenting currently available EC information and EC services to California communities will positively reinforce existing family planning measures and protect future generations by providing greater assurance that every pregnancy will be a planned one. The ultimate goal will be to share the successful statewide strategies nationally.
Our Funders
The CA EC Network was launched with a seed grant from the Institute for Reproductive Health Access and receives ongoing support from member organizations.
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