#Women are still being charged for #contraception even though federal #law dictates it should be free. The chair of the #Senate #health cmte wants a govt watchdog to investigate why.

Under the #ACA, health plans are required to provide #BirthControl to patients as a #preventive. Repeated probes have found that plans flout the law & #patients are asked to pay, Sen #BernieSanders said in a letter being sent Mon to the Govt #Accountability Office.

#ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/17/birth-control-free-sanders/

About time! But would SCOTUS ban this one too? Or is that just for women… [Folks, that was rhetorical. We know the answer]

“A male birth control gel is one step closer to reality

Researchers at Endocrine Society’s conference in Boston presented encouraging earlystage clinical trial results of a male birth control method that takes the form of a hormonal gel.” #contraception
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/08/male-birth-control-gel

A male birth control gel is one step closer to reality, and that’s worth celebrating

A male equivalent to the female birth control pill has not yet materialized, but a clinical trial shows encouraging results

^{Arwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)}