Articles tagged as: contraception
March 12, 2024
Governor signs reversible contraceptive access bill for postpartum Medicaid members
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill Monday that requires hospitals to ensure Medicaid members have the option during a delivery visit to get a long-acting reversible contraceptive, also known as a LARC. The new law also requires Medicaid to cover the cost of keeping a LARC option stocked.
Read MoreFebruary 29, 2024
Long-acting reversible contraceptive access advances, despite birth control choice concerns
A Senate committee approved a bill Thursday that would increase access to postpartum, long-acting reversible contraceptives, also known as LARCs, for people on Medicaid.
Read MoreDecember 4, 2023
After Dobbs, doctors say more people are turning to permanent contraception
In states where abortion was restricted following the fall of Roe v. Wade, a growing number of people are seeking permanent contraception.
Read MoreJuly 3, 2023
New Indiana laws expand access to birth control
Pharmacists in Indiana can prescribe birth control under state legislation now in effect.
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2022
Indiana’s maternal mortality rate went from bad to worse
The latest maternal mortality report from the Indiana State Department of Health found that more women are dying during pregnancy and up to a year after delivery in Indiana.
Read MoreAugust 29, 2022
Will Indiana’s new abortion law affect contraceptives? Law takes effect Sept. 15
Indiana's new abortion law bans abortion in almost all cases and does not involve explicit language discussing contraceptives or the morning-after pill.
Read MoreNovember 7, 2017
Notre Dame Employees Will Still Have Access To Birth Control Coverage
Health care provider, Meritain Health, announced it will continue to offer the coverage at no cost to plan members.
Read MoreAugust 30, 2017
Phone App Lets You Get Birth Control Without Going To The Doctor
Telemedicine legislation passed in 2016 allows doctors to prescribe some medications without seeing a patient in person.
Read MoreApril 19, 2017
Hoosiers Most Likely Shielded From Trump Title X Rule Reversal
The Title X program was initiated more than 40 years ago as a way to provide low-income people access to fertility and cancer screenings, family planning and contraception services.
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