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Will States Guarantee Birth Control Access?

March 8, 2024

What: Alabama’s IVF mess and the concept of “fetal personhood” has shown the threat that birth control could face – especially IUDs. The American Prospect looks at the state-level efforts to enshrine access to birth control into law.

Why it matters: “…specific contraception rights only exist in 13 states. New state proposals bear watching.” For example? Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has a bill protecting the right to use contraception on his desk, but even in the trending-blue-state, it’s not clear he will sign it.

Source: American Prospect

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