State Contraception Policies

Access to a range of contraceptive methods may help women and their partners to plan and space their births. Contraception can also help reduce unplanned ...

State Requirements for Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives - KFF

Coverage Required for Prescription Contraception: States that require insurance policies that cover prescription drugs to also cover all FDA-approved ...

Midyear 2024 State Policy Trends: Many US States Attack ...

In 2024, several states with abortion restrictions—Alabama, Arizona and Virginia—introduced bills to protect access to birth control. Only ...

The Right to Contraception: State and Federal Actions ... - KFF

Fourteen states – California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode ...

Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives - Guttmacher Institute

Under a provision of the Affordable Care Act, federal law expanded on these state policies in several ways. The federal contraceptive coverage guarantee applies ...

How States Are Providing Access to Publicly Financed ... - NASHP

States have a key role in supporting access to contraceptive care through the administration of state Medicaid and public health policies and programs.

States With Over-The-Counter Contraceptive Coverage Laws

States with over-the-counter contraceptive coverage laws ... In 2016, Free the Pill began working with state advocates in Maryland, the first ...

States Advance Policies to Strengthen Contraceptive Care - NASHP

States play a central role in supporting access to contraceptive care through the administration of state Medicaid and public health programs, ...

State Policy Resources 2024 | Power to Decide

Are you a state-level policymaker, public health official, or advocate? Are you interested in learning how to help advance contraceptive access where you ...

Brief State Options Addressing Access to Contraception

This brief provides policy options to increase access to contraception.

State Reproductive Health Access Policies - Free The Pill

In this resource, Power to Decide tracks three different reproductive health access policies related to contraception.

Dispersion of contraceptive access policies across the United States ...

We describe geographic and time-trend variation in an index from fewer (less expansive) to greater (more expansive) aggregation of US state-level contraceptive ...

Advancing Contraception Access in States Through One-Year ...

Extending quantity limits on contraceptive drugs, devices, and supplies—also known as one-year dispensing and extended supply policies—could be ...

Contraception in Medicaid: Improving Maternal and Infant Health

By ensuring individuals have access to the contraceptive method of their choice, and the support necessary to use their chosen method effectively, states can ...

Access to Contraception | ACOG

In 2013, bills designed to weaken existing contraceptive equity laws or to allow employers—secular and religious—to deny contraceptive coverage to their workers ...

Twelve-Month Contraceptive Supply Policies and Medicaid ...

Importance Nineteen states have passed legislation requiring insurers to cover the dispensation of a 12-month supply of short-acting, hormonal ...

Advancing Contraception Access in States Through Expanded ...

An important policy strategy to expand and improve contraceptive access at the state level is to broaden pharmacists' prescriptive authority so ...

Birth control benefits - the Health Insurance Marketplace

Plans in the Health Insurance Marketplace must cover contraceptive methods and counseling for all women, as prescribed by a health care provider.

Some States Already Are Targeting Birth Control - Stateline.org

A number of other generally Democratic-leaning states, have enacted laws to enhance access to birth control, including the pharmacist and ...

Biden-Harris Administration Proposes New Rules to Expand Access ...

Today's rule proposes to expand and strengthen access to this coverage so that all women who need or want birth control are able to obtain it.