Take Action: Tell Congress: Restore Access to Affordable Birth Control

Students and low-income women need your help. Tell Senator Reid to restore access to affordable birth control before Congress leaves on recess.

Restoring access to affordable birth control is a simple decision Congress can make today. Millions of college-age and low-income women have lost access to affordable birth control — a basic form of health care. These women are counting on you to keep the pressure on Congress to finally solve this problem.

You can help. Fill out the form on this page to a send a note to Senator Reid urging Congress to restore access to affordable birth control TODAY.

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Dear [ Decision Maker ],

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Now is the time to restore access to affordable birth control. This issue goes beyond simple economics -- millions of women and their partners nationwide are counting on the Senate to pass the bill to restore affordable birth control.

Affordable birth control is a top priority. I strongly urge you to treat it as such and make sure that affordable birth control is restored to college students and low-income women immediately. I am asking you to represent me and the other women and men across the United States who support this commonsense measure. Ensure that this critical issue is not ignored or delayed any longer.

Due to a provision included in the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), as of January 1, 2007, every college and university health center and hundreds of safety-net providers were unintentionally cut off from accessing low-cost birth control. As a result, women picking up their monthly supplies of birth control found that the cost had jumped from just $5-10 to $40-50 per pack, making it far more difficult to afford.

There is a no-cost fix to this problem that would restore the ability of safety-net providers and university clinics to access low-cost contraceptives.

Thirty-five senators have already cosponsored the stand-alone bill, the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act (S.2347). This legislation would not cost the federal government or state Medicaid agencies anything. It would merely allow drug manufacturers to offer deeply discounted prices to safety-net health care providers.

Please demonstrate your support by correcting this mistake immediately and making sure that affordable birth control passes the Senate this week. Increasing access to affordable birth control is a commonsense policy that will prevent unintended pregnancies and improve women?s lives.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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