Table 1. State EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION POLICIES | |||||||||||
STATE | EXPANDING ACCESS | RESTRICTING ACCESS | |||||||||
EMERGENCY ROOMS REQUIRED TO: | PHARMACIST MAY DISPENSE EC WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION UNDER: | MUST FILL VALID PRESCRIPTIONS | STATE LAW EXCLUDES EC FROM: | STATE LAW ALLOWS REFUSAL TO DISPENSE EC BY: | REQUIRES PRESCRIPTION | ||||||
Provide information About EC | Dispense EC upon Request | Collaborative Practice Agreement | State- Approved Protocol | Pharmacy | Pharmacist | Medicaid Family Planning Expansion | Contraceptive Coverage Mandate | Pharmacist | Pharmacy | 16 and Younger | |
Alaska | X* | ||||||||||
Arizona | X | X | |||||||||
Arkansas | X | X | X | † | |||||||
California | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
Colorado | X | † | † | ||||||||
Connecticut | X‡ | X‡ | |||||||||
District of Columbia | X | X | |||||||||
Florida | † | ||||||||||
Georgia | X | ||||||||||
Hawaii | X | X | X | ||||||||
Idaho | X | ||||||||||
Illinois | X | X | † | X | |||||||
Maine | X | † | † | ||||||||
Massachusetts | X | X | X | ||||||||
Minnesota | X | X | |||||||||
Mississippi | X | X | |||||||||
New Hampshire | X | ||||||||||
New Jersey | X | X | X | ||||||||
New Mexico | X | X | X | ||||||||
New York | X | X | |||||||||
North Carolina | X | ||||||||||
Ohio | Ω | Ω | |||||||||
Oklahoma | ▼ | ||||||||||
Oregon | X | X | |||||||||
Pennsylvania | X | Ψ | |||||||||
South Carolina | X | ||||||||||
South Dakota | X | ||||||||||
Tennessee | † | † | |||||||||
Texas | X | XΦ | |||||||||
Utah | X | X | |||||||||
Washington | X | X | X | X | |||||||
Wisconsin | X | X | X | ||||||||
TOTAL | 17+DC | 13+DC | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |
Source: Guttmacher Institute, Emergency contraception, State Policies in Brief (as of March 2016), 2016. http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_EC.pdf. ▼ Permanently enjoined; law not in effect. * Pharmacists may dispense any prescription drug, including emergency contraception. † A broadly worded refusal policy may apply to pharmacists or pharmacies, but does not specifically include them. ‡ A hospital may contract with an independent medical professional in order to provide the emergency contraception services. Φ The law explicitly excludes emergency contraception in Texas. Ω Policy does not include an enforcement mechanism. Ψ A hospital may refuse based on religious or moral beliefs to provide emergency contraception when requested by a woman who has been sexually assaulted. However, a refusing hospital is then required to immediately transport the woman to the closest medical facility that will provide her with the medication. Abbreviation used: DC = District of Columbia; EC = emergency contraception |