Despite EC’s proven ability to prevent unwanted pregnancy, many hospital emergency rooms (ERs) do not inform women about EC nor make EC available to them. Sexual assault advocates have been particularly concerned about the failure of ERs to make EC a standard practice of care for women who have been sexually assaulted.
The chart below indicates whether or not a state requires ERs to provide information about EC and/or dispense EC upon request to sexual assault survivors. States in gray do not have such a law.
