Check out the tables below to see where you can get your preferred contraception and barrier method near you in the ACT!
The data table below has horizontal scrollbars, swipe on touch devices.
| Contraception (birth control only) | By doctor’s appointment to obtain prescription | Pharmacy (without prescription) | Canberra Sexual Health Centre (CSHC) | Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT (SHFPACT) | Gynaecology Centres Australia (QBN) | Meridian | Women’s Health Service | The Junction Youth Health Centre | Walk-in centres | Supermarket | Online | |||||||
| Emergency contraceptive pill (‘morning after’ pill) | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes, free! | Yes, free! | No | No | |||||||
| Oral contraceptive pill | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |||||||
| Hormonal IUD (Mirena) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |||||||
| Copper IUD | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |||||||
| Contraceptive implant/rod (Implanon) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |||||||
| Contraceptive injection (Depo-Provera) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |||||||
| Contraceptive vaginal ring | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |||||||
| Diaphragm | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |||||||
The data table below has horizontal scrollbars, swipe on touch devices.
| Barrier method (STI prevention) | By doctor’s appointment | Pharmacy (without prescription) | Canberra Sexual Health Centre (CSHC) | Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT (SHFPACT) | Gynaecology Centres Australia (Queanbeyan) | Meridian | Women’s Health Service | The Junction Youth Health Centre | Walk-in centres | Supermarket | Online | |||||||||
| Internal condom (female condom) | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | |||||||||
| External condom (male condom) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes, free! | Yes, free! | Yes, free! | No | Yes, free! | Yes, free! | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
| Oral/dental dam** | No | Yes | Maybe | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | |||||||||
| Places in the ACT you can get barrier methods to prevent contracting STIs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
** Not a method of birth control. Protects from contracting STIs during oral, vaginal or anal sex.
Tables are correct as of August 2019.
