The law, which passed the state legislature by a wide bipartisan margin, will require insurers to offer a 12-month supply of birth control at no additional cost for a consumer. It also bans an insurer from using tools to curb the dispensing of a 12-month supply if a doctor prescribed it.
Planned Parenthood applauded the new law and pivoted to an attack on the Trump administration.
“As the Trump-Pence administration continues to undermine health care and rights at every turn, it’s more important than ever that we fight forward to advance policies that not only protect, but also expand access to health care,” Dawn Laguens, executive vice president for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement.
The Trump administration infuriated abortion rights groups last year by relaxing a requirement for employers to provide birth control under Obamacare. The federal health law had required all large employers to offer birth control at no cost with an exemption for religious organizations.
The current administration expanded the exemption to include not only religious objections but also moral objections, a move that abortion rights groups charge will hamstring access to birth control. A federal judge has blocked the rollback from going into effect.
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