contraception

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.

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.

In states where abortion was restricted following the fall of Roe v. Wade, a growing number of people are seeking permanent contraception.

Pharmacists in Indiana can prescribe birth control under state legislation now in effect.

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.

Indiana's new abortion law bans abortion in almost all cases and does not involve explicit language discussing contraceptives or the morning-after pill.

Health care provider, Meritain Health, announced it will continue to offer the coverage at no cost to plan members.

Telemedicine legislation passed in 2016 allows doctors to prescribe some medications without seeing a patient in person.

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.