For the Press and Bloggers

On the 2010 Back Up Your Birth Control Day of Action, a total of 1,999 web pages linked to BackUpYourBirthControl.org!

The Huffington Post highlighted barriers to EC access and stressed the need for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to increase access and remove the current age restrictions that require a prescription for consumers under 17
RH Reality Check featured a first person perspective of the barriers to EC access for women serving in the United States military
Through Reproductive Health Technologies Project's (RHTP) EC access campaign, Kristen Moore and Dr. Susan Wood presented the FDA's current age restriction on the availability of over-the-counter EC as a "political and ideological" rather than science-based decision
Bitch Magazine reminded readers to back up their birth control and featured "Tell the FDA to Act on Emergency Contraception" video by the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR)
Feministe celebrated the Day of Action by linking to the BUYBC website for ways to get involved using the Take Action Toolkit

Relevant Articles and Press Releases from 2009:

8/5/09: “Women Need a Plan B ®,” by Kelli Conlin, President of the National Institute for Reproductive Health and NARAL Pro-Choice New York
7/24/09: “FDA Approves Generic Prescription-Only Version of Plan B® for Women Ages 17 and Under,” press release
7/13/09: “Plan B® One-Step—New FDA-Approved One-Pill Emergency Contraceptive,” press release
3/25/09: “Got Birth Control? Today, Back It Up!,” by Amy Boldosser, Campaign Director, Back Up Your Birth Control
3/25/09: "When EC Made the Difference,” by Amy Boldosser, Campaign Director, Back Up Your Birth Control
3/8/09: “Women's Health Advocates to Teens: It's Time to Back Up Your Birth Control With Emergency Contraception,” press release

For more information, call 212-343-2031 or email Aileen Gleizer (agleizer@nirhealth.org) or Samantha Levine (slevine@nirhealth.org)