Further the the cluster fuck that is South Dakota.
http://www.sexetc.org/state/SD/#ed
Can I get emergency contraception (aka, "EC" or the "morning-after pill") in South Dakota?
Sexuality Education
Great job South Dakota. That'll do misogynist pigs. That'll do.
http://www.sexetc.org/state/SD/#ed
Can I get emergency contraception (aka, "EC" or the "morning-after pill") in South Dakota?
- If you are 17 or older you can go directly to a pharmacy and ask to buy emergency contraception. Be sure to bring ID with you.
- Girls under 17 can get emergency contraception (EC), but the only way to get it is with a prescription from a health care provider. To find a provider or clinic near you, call the Emergency Contraception Hotline at 1-888-NOT-2-LATE (668-2528) or click here.
- If you go to an emergency room after a sexual assault, that emergency room is not required by law to give you information about EC or to give EC to you if you ask for it.
- If you have been raped and you want EC, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). Open 24 hours, the hotline will connect you to EC providers near you. For other helpful info, check out the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network’s Web site
Quote:If you go to an emergency room after a sexual assault, that emergency room is not required by law to give you information about EC or to give EC to you if you ask for it.Some more fun from the same site.
Sexuality Education
- South Dakota state law does not require sexuality education. Local school boards decide whether or not to teach sex ed and which subjects this education must cover and the grade level in which topics are introduced.
- Teaching about contraceptives, such as condoms, the Pill, or the Patch, is not required or may not be allowed.
- Abstinence is taught within state-mandated character education.
- South Dakota received at least $1,566,110 in federal funds for abstinence-only-until-marriage
programs in Fiscal Year 2008. Think this money could go to better use?
Want to see comprehensive sexuality education in your school? You can
make a difference! Learn more about your state at SIECUS.org, contact a local organization like the ACLU of the Dakotas and be sure to download our Roadmap.
Great job South Dakota. That'll do misogynist pigs. That'll do.