birth control

Wyden Co-sponsors Bill to Ensure Women’s Access to Affordable Birth Control

Senator: Women’s access in Oregon and nation to affordable contraception “should not be up for debate.”

Jun 12, 2015

Oregon House Votes to Expand Access to Birth Control

HB 2879 would allow pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives

Jun 3, 2015

House and Senate Pass Sweeping Legislation Improving Birth Control Access

The Senate passed HB 3343 into law, requiring insurers to give women a 12-month supply of birth control. The House sent the Senate another bill, HB 2879, which allows pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives without a doctor’s note.

Jun 2, 2015

House Rules Committee Advances Bill Allowing Pharmacists to Prescribe Birth Control

HB 2879 emerged from a work group that was convened to fix a previous bill

May 27, 2015

Health Insurers Pressure Senate to Curtail Increased Birth Control Access

Giving women access to 12 months of birth control seemed a sure thing after near universal support from the House of Representatives. But the health insurance lobby put heavy pressure on the initiative from Planned Parenthood and wants to limit increased access to birth control from a year to six months, and allow insurers to require as many as seven trips to the pharmacy for a woman in the first year of a prescription. A separate effort, giving pharmacists the ability to prescribe birth control, also has legs in the House if the Senate fails to act.

May 20, 2015

Bonamici, Capps, & DeLauro Praise New Contraception Coverage

May 13, 2015

‘Free’ Contraception Means ‘Free,’ Obama Administration Tells Insurers

Free means free. The Obama administration said Monday that health plans must offer for free at least one of every type of prescription birth control — clarifying regulations that left some insurers misinterpreting the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate.

May 12, 2015

House Sends Patient Privacy, Birth Control Access Bills to Senate

House Democrats pushed through two health measures late last week that had the support of Planned Parenthood in a coup for reproductive health and patient privacy.

May 5, 2015

House Votes for 12-Month Birth Control Prescriptions

HB 3343 will lead to more consistent use, better access in rural areas

May 1, 2015

Oregon Poised to Become First State to Mandate 12-Month Birth Control Supply

HB 3343, promoted by Planned Parenthood, would cut down on the trips women need to take to the pharmacy and could reduce the risk of unplanned pregnancies by as much as 30 percent, according to one study. A separate effort could allow pharmacists to provide the medication with a prescription from behind the counter, similar to Sudafed.

Apr 24, 2015