Buying and Using Over-the-Counter Contraceptives (See p. 121 in your text.)

For information on particular contraceptives, try visiting and, if needed, performing a search, at the following sites:

4woman.gov
(http://www.4woman.gov/faq/birthcont.htm)

FDA: What Kind of Birth Control is Best for You?
(http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/brthcon.html)

Feminist Women's Health Center
(http://www.fwhc.org/)

MedlinePlus: Birth Control
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/birthcontrol.html)

Planned Parenthood
(http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/medicalinfo/birthcontrol/)

Reproductive Health Outlook
(http://www.rho.org/html/contraceptive_methods.htm)

Female Condom:

Avert.org
(http://www.avert.org/femcond.htm)

Female Condom
(http://www.femalehealth.com/)

MedlinePlus: Female Condom
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/004002.htm)

Contraceptive Sponges:

CNN: Contraceptive Sponge
(http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/WO/00045.html)

Go Ask Alice!
(http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/0395.html)

Today Sponge
(http://www.todaysponge.com/overview.htm)

Spermicides:

Engender Health
(http://www.engenderhealth.org/wh/fp/cspe1.html)

Family Health International
(http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/FAQs/spermicides_faq.htm)

Go Ask Alice!
(http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/0725.html)

Emergency Contraceptive Pills:

4woman.gov
(http://www.4woman.gov/faq/econtracep.htm)

Back up Your Birth Control
(http://www.backupyourbirthcontrol.org/)

Center for Reproductive Rights
(http://www.crlp.org/pub_fac_ecdomestic.html)

Familydoctor.org
(http://familydoctor.org/805.xml)