March 3rd-7th

National Affordable Birth Control Week of Action Please call your Senator/Congressman and tell them to vote to make birth control affordable again for women across the country. Tell them keeping birth control affordable is important to you and to women's health!

Senator Jack Reed
401-528-5200 (RI Office)
800-284-4200 (DC Office)

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
401-453-5294 (RI Office)
202-224-2921 (DC Office)

Congressman Patrick Kennedy
401-729-5600 (RI Office)
202-225-4911 (DC Office)

Congressman James Langevin
401-732-9400 (RI Office)
202-225-2735 (DC Office)

Background Info:
In the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Congress changed the rule allowing pharmaceutical companies to offer some providers low cost drugs - inadvertently making it harder for universities and safety-net family planning providers to offer their patients affordable birth control. The result has been an increase in the average price of birth control on college campuses, often five to ten times the previous cost. Skyrocketing prices are putting birth control out of reach for college students and low-income women in need of family planning services to help them prevent unintended pregnancies.