Birth Control Comparisons
Birth Control Comparison Chart:
To get the reversible Spanish-English chart on paper in the mail, please send your street address via email. See what it looks like: English and Spanish. (the PDF is not printable)
Call your U.S. Senators at 202-224-2131 to stop bans on abortion coverage under health care reform.
Do you neet parent's permission to get birth control? NO. Title X of the Public Health Services Act guarantees confidentiality to teens who seek family planning services. Several states enable minors to pursue a range of sensitive health services, including STD testing, treatment services, as well as contraception. In fact, no state requires parental consent or notification for any contraceptive services.
To prevent pregnancy after sex, use the Morning After Pill (Plan B Emergency Contraception) within 120 hours (up to 5 days). In Washington State, you can get the Morning After Pill directly at most pharmacies.
In Washington State, you can also get FREE birth control for one year under the Take Charge program. Call 800-562-3022. You can sign up for Take Charge at Cedar River Clinics in Renton, Tacoma or Yakima, WA. You can also pick up your birth control pills refills at Cedar River Clinics.
Understand Your Monthly Menstrual Cycle - to help use birth control effectively.
Compare birth control options above methods - by printing and reviewing this PDF written by Cedar River Clinics published in the National Women's Health Network newsletter.
More Birth Control Resources. Special section for teens.
Prevent STI and HIV by using condoms. Learn about STI and answers about HIV testing.
Maria Talks about sex, birth control, emergency contraception, pregnancy, STI and STD, HIV, sexual violence, drugs and alcohol, GLBTQ - for young people.
Use Transforming API Communities: Tools for Sexuality Education to advance comprehensive sexual health education in your API community.
If you get pregnant, you have three options: parenting, adoption and abortion. See the Pregnancy Options to help you evaluate your options. Or, see Am I Pregnant?
One in three American women will have an abortion in their lifetime. We are your mothers, daughters, friends, teachers, students, co-workers and colleagues. The circumstances guiding important life decisions such as whether or not to have a baby or ann abortion are rarely black and white. There are hundreds - even thousands of nuances to consider including family, culture, community, spirituality and most important - your own heart. Rev. Katherine Ragsdale, Dean of Episcopal Divinity School says abortion is a blessing. Regarding these decisions, we say: TRUST WOMEN.
Want to volunteer? We seek talented people who are strongly pro-choice and dedicated to women's clinics to volunteer on the Board of Directors.
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