Emergency Contraception

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (EC) FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS

Wisconsin 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, hospitals must provide a sexual assault victim with medically and factually accurate written and oral information about EC, offer her EC, and dispense EC to her upon request.  

Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 50.375, 50.389 (Enacted 2008).