Emergency Contraception

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (EC) FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS

New York law ensures that sexual assault victims receive access to emergency contraception (EC) in hospital emergency rooms.  As part of the minimum standards for the examination and treatment of a sexual assault victim, a physician or other health care provider must provide a sexual assault victim with medically and factually accurate information about EC, offer her EC, and dispense EC to her upon request.

The Commissioner of the Department of Health is required to develop, prepare, and produce informational materials about EC for distribution to and use in all hospitals in the state. The Commissioner may also approve such materials from medically recognized sources.

N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2805-p (Enacted 2003).

MEDICAID COVERAGE OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (EC)

New York provides Medicaid coverage of emergency contraception without a prescription.

NARAL Pro-Choice America Survey of State Medicaid Offices