Emergency contraception (i.e. the morning after pill) is available directly from pharmacies as well as on prescription from a GP, in fact pharmacists currently provide around a third of all emergency contraception, without a prescription from a GP. It has been suggested that women who are in an abusive/violent relationship may be more likely to use emergency contraception, compared to those who are not, as their partner may persuade them to have unprotected sex or commit rape. A training programme has been developed to assist GPs and sexual health workers in identifying and supporting victims of domestic violence. Given that women may also visit their pharmacist for emergency contraception the question has been raised as to whether pharmacists would also benefit from this training programme. First, we need to find evidence to support the suggestion that women who experience domestic violence are more likely to use emergency contraception. This project using the ALSPAC resource will provide one set of evidence to help answer this question.