A bill to allow over-the-counter birth control access to Indiana residents is being sent to Gov. Eric Holcomb after being approved by lawmakers.
could have over-the-counter birth control access under a bill state lawmakers sent to the governor Tuesday, a move proponents say will prevent unwanted pregnancies in a state that passed an abortion ban last summer.
"We have individuals who have been referred to their primary physicians or to a primary physicians. Many of them don’t go to the doctor, they can’t afford it or they don’t have access," she said before the 28-20 vote."This is an effort to give care to individuals who need it. It’s an effort to help these individuals have healthy families at their time."
To opponents who want birth control to only be prescribed by physicians, the bill is"unequivocally lowering the standard of care," Republican Sen. Tyler Johnson said Tuesday. The emergency medicine doctor also questioned whether access to birth control would decrease abortions in Indiana. New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy earlier this year signed a law that would allow women in the state to receive some hormonal contraceptives without a prescription. That law goes into effect in May.
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