On March 3rd, 2006, Wal-Mart announced that it would begin to carry Plan B at all of its retail stores nationwide starting March 20th. The reason? Mounting pressure from women’s health advocates and policymakers around the country.

The Back Up Your Birth Control campaign has developed suggested activities and sample materials to help women’s health advocates verify that Wal-Mart is making good on its promise to stock EC and to ensure that its pharmacists plan to dispense Plan B to women who need a second chance to prevent pregnancy. Use the materials below to plan your Wal-Mart visit and be sure to let us know what you learn!

• Wal-Mart Action Packet
  [PDF, 77K]
  Find out how to conduct a store visit, including how to locate a Wal-Mart near you, who to talk to in the pharmacy, what to ask, and how to catalogue their responses. Developed for the 2006 Back Up Your Birth Control Day of Action on March 21st, these resources can be used by anyone, anytime to help improve women’s access to EC.
• Wal-Mart Site Visit Materials
  Bring a letter with you that thanks your local Wal-Mart for offering Plan B – or urges them to comply with company policy if they do not. Attached Thank You letter and Stock EC letter.
• For more information about how Wal-Mart's policies affect women please visit our colleagues at Wal-Mart Watch.