The Female Health Company Schedules Earnings Conference Call for Monday, August 15, 2005

CHICAGO, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Female Health Company today announced that executives will host an investor conference call to discuss operating results for the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2005. The Company plans to report its third quarter operating results on Monday morning, August 15, 2005, and will host an investor conference call at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time the same day.

Shareholders and other interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing 800-865-4435 (international/local participants dial 973-935-2404), a few minutes before 11:30 am EDT on August 15, 2005. A replay of the call will be available through August 22, 2005 by dialing 877-519-4471 (international callers dial 973-341-3080), and the replay Access Code is 6377939.

The Company requests that shareholders and other interested parties pre-submit questions for the conference call by emailing such questions to the Company at, FHCInvestor@aol.com.

About The Female Health Company, Inc.

The Female Health Company, based in Chicago, owns certain worldwide rights to FC Female Condom(TM) including patents which have been issued in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, The People’s Republic of China, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea and Australia. FC Female Condom(TM) is the only available product controlled by a woman that protects against sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS, and unintended pregnancy. For more information about the Female Health Company, dial toll-free, 1-800-PRO-INFO and enter company code “FHCO”. Also, visit the Company’s web site at http://www.femalehealth.com and http://www.femalecondom.org . If you would like to be added to an e-mail alert list, please send an e-mail to FHCInvestor@aol.com .

The Female Health Company

CONTACT: The Female Health Company, +1-800-PRO-INFO