Family Planning

Confidential Family Planning Services include:

Contraceptive Education

Sexually Transmitted Disease Education, Testing & Treatment

HIV testing and counseling

Anemia Screening

Preconception Health Counseling

Gynecologic Examinations by appointment

Pregnancy Testing, Counseling & Referral

Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)

LOCATION:
Kent County Health Department
125 S. Lynchburg Street
Chestertown, Maryland 21620

CONTACT:
For more information or to schedule an appointment call 410-778-1350, Ext. 6269 Monday through Friday,7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Fax: 410-778-7913

COST:
Fees for services are determined on a sliding fee scale based on family income.  Insurance reimbursement is accepted.

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS (ECP)
Emergency Contraception pills may help prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours after unprotected sex. Also known as “the morning after pill”.
 

	Emergency Contraception is not the same as an abortion pill.  It does not work if you are already pregnant.
	If ECP is taken within 72 hours after an act of unprotected intercourse, the pregnancy rate is less than 2 percent.

WHO SHOULD TAKE ECP’s?
Any woman who has had sex within the last three days and:
 

	did not use any birth control; or
	the condom broke or came off; or
	has missed 2 or more birth control pills in a row

 
HOW DO I GET THE ECP?
Contact the Health Department at 410-778-1350, Ext. 6269, after business hours and weekends call and listen to prerecorded message for further instructions.