We must urge Congress to restore affordable birth control before they adjourn in December. Women cannot wait any longer, as birth control prices remain 2, 3, and even 5 times higher at college health centers and clinics serving low-income women across the country.
Prices have soared because of a provision included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, passed by the old Republican Congress. Take action today: tell Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and all of Congress to act before they adjourn to restore affordable birth control for students and low income women!
The Prevention Through Affordable Access Act to restore affordable birth control prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (S.2347/H.R.4054), has 123 cosponsors in the House and 22 cosponsors in the Senate. There is an opportunity to include this bill in the Medicare physician payment rate bill before Congress adjourns. Join us and urge Congress to restore affordable birth control for students and low-income women now.
For almost 20 years, pharmaceutical companies provided college health centers and many clinics servicing low income women with birth control at deeply discounted prices. But the Deficit Reduction Act, which went into effect in January 2007, has eliminated these discounts for campus and low-income health centers.
Millions of women across the country are being affected by these devastating hikes in birth control prices.
