• your were forced to have sex
• a condom broke or fell off during intercourse
• you didn't use any birth control
• your diaphragm slipped out of place
• you had sex when you didn't expect to
• you forgot to take your birth control pills

Having sex at any of these times is called unprotected sex because you were not protected from pregnancy in advance.

If you are sure that you do not want to be pregnant, you can use some types of birth control pills after sex to prevent pregnancy.  This treatment is most often referred to as emergency contraception pills or ECP.

TIMING IS EVERYTHING:

ECPs can only be used within 72 hours of having unprotected sex.  That means if you had unprotected sex on a Friday night, you could use ECPs up until Monday night.  However, SOONER IS BETTER...

ECPs reduce the risk of pregnancy by about 75% if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. 

AVAILABILITY OF ECP AT TULANE UNIVERSITY

1. Student Health Center (Uptown):  Walk in to Primary Care Clinic or Women's Health Clinics during clinic hours.

2.  After clinic hours, call the Student Health Center (Uptown) at 865-5255 and have the operator call the Physician, on call.

3.  Weekend coverage is available through the Weekend Clinic - during clinic hours.