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Improving Access to Birth Control at the State Level

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has illuminated the critical need for state policymakers to urgently assess and implement policies to advance reproductive health care, including contraceptive care and services.

A woman reads a reminder and expiration card for a contraceptive implant.
A woman reads a reminder and expiration card for a contraceptive implant she received from Boulder Valley Women's Health Center on December 19, 2007. (Getty/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera/Josh Lawton)

Strengthening Health, Abortion Rights, Health Care Costs, Health Coverage and Access, Reproductive Justice, Women’s Health and Rights, Women’s Issues

This series examines four promising policy options that policymakers can pursue to improve and expand contraceptive access at the state level:

  • Implementing one-year and extended supply dispensing policies
  • Improving and expanding pharmacist prescribing authority and practices
  • Expanding family planning benefits through Medicaid 1115 waivers and state plan amendments
  • Establishing contraceptive quality measures

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Advancing Access to Contraception in States Through Quality Measures and Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling Report
In a close-up shot, a nurse's gloved hands hold a single-use needle to implant the birth control device in the patient's prepped arm.

Advancing Access to Contraception in States Through Quality Measures and Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling

The fourth and final report in this Center for American Progress series highlighting best practices to improve and expand access to contraception at the state level focuses on the importance of contraceptive quality measures.

Kierra B. Jones

Fact Sheet: Advancing Contraceptive Access in the States Through Quality Measures and Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling Fact Sheet
Artwork depicting contraceptive pills is seen behind a woman waiting at a family planning center.

Fact Sheet: Advancing Contraceptive Access in the States Through Quality Measures and Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling

This fact sheet accompanies a new Center for American Progress report on best practices to expand and improve access to contraception at the state level, covering common implementation challenges and offering recommendations for implementing contraceptive quality measures.

Kierra B. Jones

Fact Sheet: Challenges and Solutions to Improve Access to Contraception Through Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers and SPAs Fact Sheet
A woman has her vitals checked at a family planning center.

Fact Sheet: Challenges and Solutions to Improve Access to Contraception Through Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers and SPAs

This fact sheet accompanies a new Center for American Progress report on best practices to expand and improve access to contraception at the state level, covering common implementation challenges and offering recommendations to states pursuing family planning expansions through Section 1115 Medicaid waivers and state plan amendments (SPAs).

Kierra B. Jones

Fact Sheet: Common Challenges and Recommended Solutions for Implementing Pharmacist Prescribing of Contraceptives Fact Sheet
Person holding birth control pills

Fact Sheet: Common Challenges and Recommended Solutions for Implementing Pharmacist Prescribing of Contraceptives

This fact sheet accompanies a new Center for American Progress report on best practices to expand and improve contraceptive access at the state level, covering common implementation challenges and offering recommendations for expanding pharmacists’ prescriptive authority.

Kierra B. Jones

Fact Sheet: Common Challenges to Implementing One-Year Supply Policies and Recommended Solutions Fact Sheet
Planned Parenthood birth control sign.

Fact Sheet: Common Challenges to Implementing One-Year Supply Policies and Recommended Solutions

This fact sheet accompanies the Center for American Progress’ report on best practices to expand and improve contraceptive access at the state level, covering common implementation challenges and offering recommendations for one-year contraceptive dispensing policies.

Kierra B. Jones

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