Assessing sexual assault survivors' access to emergency contraception: results from a mixed methods study in South Carolina

Women's Health Issues : Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Teresa HarrisonAmanda Dennis

Abstract

Provision of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) is widely recognized as the standard of care to prevent pregnancy after a sexual assault. However, previous research has shown that hospitals do not routinely counsel sexual assault patients about or provide sexual assault survivors with ECPs or accurate referrals. We undertook a mixed methods study to assess policies and practices regarding the provision of ECPs for sexual assault survivors in South Carolina. The study includes four components: An analysis of the South Carolina Victims' Rights Amendment, in-depth interviews with rape crisis agency and state agency representatives, a survey of hospital emergency department staff, and a survey of hospital emergency department administrators. Our findings indicate that hospital policies and practices regarding ECP-related services for sexual assault patients are generally consistent with the standard of care. According to hospital staff and administrators, requiring a police report and/or undergoing a rape kit examination before providing ECPs do not seem to be significant access barriers. However, hospitals that do not conduct rape kit examinations transfer patients to other facilities, and these initial hospitals do not routinel...Continue Reading

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