This is great news for our movement for bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom — now, let’s keep it up!
Great news:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just approved the FIRST over-the-counter birth control pill for nonprescription use in the United States.
After years of fighting to make birth control more accessible — and countless attacks on reproductive health care since the fall of Roe v. Wade last year — this is a historic step to ensure anyone who decides to take an oral contraceptive can get one off the shelf at their local pharmacy.
But the work to ensure access isn’t over yet. Now, we need Congress to pass my Affordability is Access Act — legislation I introduced with Senator Patty Murray and Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ami Bera — that would require insurance companies to fully cover this FDA-approved over-the-counter birth control without any fees or out-of-pocket costs.
It’s time to make birth control free and accessible for people across the country. Help us keep up the fight to make this possible by chipping in $3 today.
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— Ayanna