POWER OF ATTORNEY

THE FEMALE HEALTH COMPANY


	The undersigned, a director, officer and/or shareholder
of The Female Health Company, a Wisconsin corporation (the 'Company'),
who is subject to the reporting requirements of section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, does hereby constitute and
appoint O.B. Parrish and James M. Bedore, and each of them, each
with full power to act without the other and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign
and file in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, a Form 4, Form 5 or any successor form for reporting
the undersigned's transactions in and holdings of the Company's
equity securities for purposes of section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act, and any and all other documents to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to or relating to
such forms, with full power and authority to do and perform any
and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be
done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys
and each of them and any substitute or substitutes.

	Executed as of December 21, 2005.


/s/Karen King