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• - Discusses the public-health value of emergency contraception, difficulties women have obtaining the pills, and efforts in Minnesota to break down the barriers.
  
• - Fact sheet arguing for broader access for U.S. teenagers.
  
• - About Directive 36 for Catholic Health Services, which instructs hospitals to make emergency contraception available to rape victims.
  
• - Article about controversy over US Pentagon decision to make emergency contraceptives available to female soldiers.
  
• - UK Christian organization discusses many objections to emergency contraception and programs to increase the availability of "morning after" birth control.
  
• - A thorough summary of the issues, from ReligiousTolerance.org.
  
• - Issues surrounding emergency contraception in Australia and initiatives to make the pills easier to obtain.
  
• - Site asserts that "morning after" emergency contraception is just another abortion approach that kills a human life.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Bush's Department of Justice issues its first medical guidelines for treating sexual assault victims — without any mention of emergency contraception.
  
• - Discusses emergency contraception from a pro-life point of view.
  
• - 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.
  
• - News article about US FDA advisory committee vote in favor of over-the-counter distribution of this medication.
  
• - The American Life League advises against using emergency contraception.
  
• - American Medical Women's Association position paper supporting EC as an important option.
  
• - A review of different countries' laws and policies about emergency contraception.
  
• - Results of a U.S. opinion survey.