Birth control/Contraception Web Links

• American Social Health Association
  information about STIs, including HIV

• Back Up Your Birth Control
  emergency contraception as a back-up method

• Bedsider
  excellent, detailed, unbiased information on all methods of birth control

• Birth Control Comparisons
  from the Feminist Women's Health Center

• Cervical Barrier Advancement Society
  information and research about cervical barrier methods

• Choosing a Birth Control Method: Method Match
  an interactive program from the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals that allows you to select a birth control method by criteria such as "does not contain hormones" or "protects against STDs"

• Contraception after 40
  contraceptive options and special concerns for women over 40

• Contraceptive Research and Development Program
  links to contraceptive information

• Emergency Contraception
  from the Feminist Women's Health Center

• Female Condom
  commercial site from the company that makes the female condoms, with lots of info, stats, diagrams and FAQs about the female condom

• Female Condom: A Powerful Tool for Protection
  a report looking at the global need for female condoms and strategies for making them more widely available

• Find a reproductive health clinic near you!
  Family planning and reproductive health clinics such as Planned Parenthood are funded by Title X (a federal funding program) offer a broad range of services, including birth control, pregnancy tests and abortions, as well as routine physical exams, education on health promotion and disease prevention, breast and pelvic exams and STI prevention, education, testing, and referrals

• Garden of Fertility
  information and charts to download on natural family planning

• How to Use a Condom
  explicit instructions on how to use condoms for both men and women

• In the Know: 20 Questions about Pregnancy, Contraception, and Abortion
  question-and-answer format on pregnancy, contraception, and abortion

• Male Contraception Information Project
  information on contraceptive options for men beyond condoms and vasectomy

• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
  information and material for teens, parents, policymakers, and professionals on preventing teen pregnancy

• No New Money for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs
  the limits and pitfalls of abstinence-only education

• Not-2-Late: Emergency Contraception Website
  information on emergency contraception available in US

• Planned Parenthood: Birth Control
  planned parenthood contraception information

• Planned Parenthood: Charting your Fertility Pattern
  good resource for fertility awareness via different natural methods

• Planned Parenthood: Emergency Contraception
  what emergency contraceptive is and how to get it

• Reproline: Family Planning
  contraception information

• Sex, Etc: FAQs about Birth Control
  questions and answers about birth control

• Sex, Etc: Pregnancy... am I/is she?
  pregnancy information for teens, including how NOT to get pregnant