NEW YORK, NY October 07, 2008 —Only one in three public clinics follows a mandate to provide emergency contraception to women on demand. That's according to a report by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum whose office surveyed the clinics anonymously.

The Health and Hospitals Corporation which runs most of those clinics says the medication known as "the morning after pill" is widely available. But phone operators gave misinformation to phone operators. HHC has pledged to improve its communications, and Gotbaum says she's confident they will.

GOTBAUM: They've said they will correct that. They have agreed to work with us. They admitted they didn't know some of the things that we pointed out. And for me, it's the way government should work.]

REPORTER: The other agency that runs public clinics, the Health Department says it only distributes emergency contraception when a physician or nurse practitioner is present. A spokeswoman says women can call 311 or check the Health Department’s website to find a location offering emergency contraception on a given day.