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contraception access
Coverage of contraception access in the Nexus archive.
- Red and blue states pass laws to protect contraception access
Several states, including Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia, have enacted laws to expand or protect access to contraception. These measures include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, requiring health plans to cover contraception, and establishing legal rights to contraception access.
- Red and blue states pass laws to protect contraception access
Several states, including Republican-led Georgia and Tennessee, and Democratic-led Maryland and Virginia, have passed laws to expand or protect access to contraception. Measures include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control without a doctor’s signature, requiring health plans to cover contraceptives, and establishing legal rights to contraception.