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Welcome to the Media Centre for Options for Sexual Health. Here you can find out more about Options for Sexual Health (OPT), as well as access news releases and other relevant background information on sexual health in British Columbia.

Based in British Columbia, Options for Sexual Health is Canada's largest non-profit provider of sexual health services through clinics, advocacy, education programs, and the 1-800 SEX SENSE information and referral line.

For further information or to schedule interviews, please contact:

Jessica Peart
Manager of Executive Services/Media
Tel: 604-731-4252 ext 240
Media cell: 604-786-0725

Recent Press Releases

Sexual Health is Hot this Summer!

Submitted by Jessica Peart on July 6, 2010 - 5:18pm

Opt bus ad 2010

For Immediate Release, Vancouver, July 7th, 2010

Taking care of your sexual health is sexy. That's the message being promoted as Options for Sexual Health, Canada's largest non-profit provider of sexual health services, unveils its new ad campaign.

Not all the Throbbing Rhythms are on Stage at Pemberton Festival

Submitted by Jessica Peart on July 21, 2008 - 1:29pm

If you're heading out to the Pemberton Festival this weekend, do you have all the supplies you need to make sure some in-tents experiences aren't overly intense? That's a question Options for Sexual Health (OPT), Canada's largest non-profit provider of sexual health services, is asking the 40,000 revelers expected there July 25 - 27. And if some of the partygoers have forgotten a few essential items, OPT will be on-hand to help them meet their safer sex needs.

Ladysmith Open Door Clinic Closes

Submitted by OPT on October 17, 2007 - 11:03am

Ladysmith Sexual Health Clinic Closes, VIHA Youth Clinic Opens

After 11 years of service to the community of Ladysmith, the Open Door Clinic (the community branch of Options for Sexual Health) is preparing to confidently hand the provision of local sexual health services over to the Vancouver Island Health Authority.

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Recent Media Coverage

Baby drop-off 'a good idea'

Submitted by Ron Collins on April 30, 2010 - 3:54pm

CTV | Apr. 29, 2010

A B.C. reproductive health group says St. Paul's Hospital's baby drop-off is an important service that will help assure the safety of unwanted newborns.

The so-called Angel's Cradle program, which launches on Monday, will provide a safe place for desperate mothers to abandon their babies while remaining anonymous -- as opposed to leaving them at a bus stop or in a bathroom.

Greg Smith, executive director of Options for Sexual Health, says he approves of the service.

A Sound Constitution: Sexually Transmitted Infections

Submitted by Jessica Peart on February 24, 2010 - 1:01pm

A Sound Constitution, radio program on CHLY 101.7 FM Vancouver Island University Campus Radio, discusses everything you need to know about STIs, including transmission, rates in BC, prevention, and treatments. Show producers interview publc health and OPT Nanaimo clinic nurse Anita Carrol, OPT Central Vancouver Island educator Dr. Claire Vanston, and nursing students April Brown and Hayley Morgan.

Click here to listen to this one-hour program.

Graphic anti-abortion ad to air on Kelowna TV station

Submitted by Ron Collins on February 3, 2010 - 2:47pm

By Elaine O’Connor | The Province | January 31, 2010

A graphic anti-abortion ad featuring images of the severed body part of a fetus is set to run Monday on a Kelowna television station.

The 60-second ad, titled “Everyone Against Abortion, Please Raise Your Hand,” depicts an image of an adult hand holding the severed hand of a fetus with a message that reads: “This is the hand of a child that was aborted. Let us mourn for these children. May our hearts be broken enough for God to enter and stir us to action to defend their lives.”

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