How to Access Free or Lower-Cost Birth Control in Each State

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    Between the 2020 Supreme Court ruling that made it legal for employers to refuse to cover birth control and the fact that 19 million people who are capable of becoming pregnant live in a contraceptive desert, there’s plenty of reason to be concerned about birth control access.

    To help ease concerns, we put together a guide on how to access lower-cost and cost-free birth control in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

    Contraceptive deserts

    A contraceptive desert refers to a region where the number of health centers offering the full range of methods in the area isn’t enough to meet the needs of the population. The states with the fewest clinic options for birth control include:

  • South Dakota
  • North Dakota
  • Nebraska
  • Kansas
  • Texas
  • Alabama
  • Alaska

    • Where to start

    It’s amazing that there are so many types of birth control — but figuring out which option is right for you requires a little brain work.

    Dr. Alyssa Dweck, INTIMINA’s sexual and reproductive health expert, recommends asking yourself:

  • Do I want my birth control method to reduce STI transmission risk, too?
  • Is my menstrual cycle regular, heavy, painful, lengthy, or not a concern?
  • Do I experience acne, PMS, migraine attacks, depression, or other conditions I’d like birth control to help treat?
  • Truthfully, would remembering to take a daily pill be difficult for me?
  • What is my birth control budget?
  • Do I want children in the near future? How about ever?
  • How do I feel about receiving a pelvic exam?

    • “The answers to these questions can help you and your provider make a great decision,” she says.

    Make sure you’re familiar with all of your options

    It goes wayyyy beyond condoms and birth control pills.

    Lifestyle

    birth control methods that require a lifestyle change, including a blue lock to represent abstinence, which is 100% effective if truly followed; of a dark red lock with a heart in the middle to represent outercourse, which is 100% effective if truly followed; and a gradient yellow dial to represent fertility awareness methods, which are 76-88% effective.Share on Pinterest Illustrations by Maya Chastain

    There are ways to avoid pregnancy if you don’t want to use anything.

    Abstinence

    Every pleasure seeker has a different definition of abstinence. So, if you’re looking to avoid pregnancy, make sure your definition includes opting out of P-in-V intercourse.

    Outercourse

    Typically, outercourse is any sexual play that doesn’t involve penetration.

    If you’re using outercourse to avoid unwanted pregnancy, make sure your definition includes keeping P-in-V sex off the table.

    Fertility awareness methods

    This involves keeping tabs on your menstrual cycle so you can either avoid P-in-V on your most fertile days or use a secondary form of birth control, like condoms.

    This could include:

  • cervical mucus tracking
  • body temperature tracking
  • calendar tracking

    • Nonhormonal

    nonhormonal birth control methods, including a blue internal condom, which is 79-95% effective; a red external condom, which is 86-97% effective; a yellow sponge, which is 80-91% effective; a blue bottle of spermicide, which is 72% effective when used alone; a beige diaphragm, which is 88-96% effective; a pink cervical cap, which is 71-86% effective; a red copper IUD, which is over 99.9% effective; a blue bow to represent tubal ligation, which is 99.9% effective, and a red bow to represent vasectomy, which is 99.9% effective.Share on Pinterest

    Avoiding P-in-V — or avoiding it on certain days of the month — isn’t the only nonhormonal way to avoid pregnancy. And many options are available over the counter (OTC) at most drugstores.

    Internal condom

  • What it is: Internal condoms are polyurethane pouches that line the inside of the vaginal canal, catching the semen so sperm can’t swim to an egg.
  • Available OTC: Yes
  • Available online: Yes
  • Prescription needed: No

    • External condom

  • What it is: External condoms are skintight sheaths that go over the penis during penetrative play, intercepting any semen released from the penis.
  • Available OTC: Yes
  • Available online: Yes
  • Prescription needed: No

    • Sponge

  • What it is: Squishy and soaked in spermicide, sponges get manually placed against the cervix before sex, killing off sperm before they can enter the uterus.
  • Available OTC: Yes
  • Available online: Yes
  • Prescription needed: No

    • Spermicide

  • What it is: Spermicide is a chemical that gets squirted inside the vagina where it then kills off sperm after ejaculation.
  • Available OTC: Yes
  • Available online: Yes
  • Prescription needed: No

    • Diaphragm

  • What it is: Diaphragms are reusable, silicone disks that get covered in spermicide and slipped inside the vagina to cover the cervix before sex.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: Yes
  • Prescription needed: Yes

    • Cervical cap

  • What it is: Cervical caps are silicone caps that get filled with spermicide and inserted over the cervix to keep sperm from traveling into the uterus.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: Yes
  • Prescription needed: Yes

    • Copper IUD

  • What it is: Shaped like tiny pogo sticks, copper IUDs get implanted in the uterus where they can stay for up to 10 years. Copper changes the way sperm swim and survive, so it keeps them from traveling to an egg.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: No
  • Prescription needed: Yes

    • Tubal ligation

  • What it is: Tubal ligation is a surgical procedure that involves permanently blocking, tying, or cutting the fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: No
  • Prescription needed: No

    • Vasectomy

  • What it is: Vasectomy is a procedure that involves permanently blocking or cutting the tubes that carry the sperm to the ejaculatory fluid.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: No
  • Prescription needed: No

    • Hormonal

    hormonal birth control methods, including a blue shot, which is 94-99% effective; a red ring, which is 91-99% effective; a yellow patch, which is 91-99% effective; a blue combination pill packet, which is 91-99% effective; a beige minipill packet, which is 93-99% effective; a pink hormonal IUD, which is over 99.9% effective; and a red implant, which is is over 99% effective.Share on Pinterest

    Hormonal birth control has the benefit of birth control plus the potential benefit of hormones (including menstrual cycle regulation and reduced hormonal acne, to name a few).

    Shot

  • What it is: The shot is a trimonthly injection of the synthetic hormone progestin, which keeps ovulation from occurring.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: Yes
  • Prescription needed: Yes

    • Ring

  • What it is: The ring is a 2-inch band that gets inserted into the vagina for 3 weeks at a time, where it gradually releases pregnancy-stopping hormones.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: Yes
  • Prescription needed: Yes

    • Patch

  • What it is: The patch gets stuck to your bod like a sticker where it releases a stream of estrogen and progestin until it’s replaced a week later.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: Yes
  • Prescription needed: Yes

    • Implant

  • What it is: A matchstick-shaped rod, the implant gets inserted under the skin of the arm where it releases ovulation-stopping progestin.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: No
  • Prescription needed: Yes

    • Pill

  • What it is: The pill is a daily medication that contains just progestin (minipill) or progestin and estrogen (combination pill) to stop ovulation.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: Yes
  • Prescription needed: No

    • Hormonal IUD

  • What it is: Hormonal IUDs are inserted into the uterus where they release an itty-bitty bit of ovulation-stopping progestin until they’re removed 3 to 5 years later.
  • Available OTC: No
  • Available online: No
  • Prescription needed: Yes
    • Emergency contraceptive (EC) pills ≠ birth control

    While highly effective when taken properly (within 72 hours after P-in-V sex), EC pills like Plan B shouldn’t be used as routine birth control. “It’s an effective fallback, but it’s nowhere near as effective as the birth control options,” says G. Thomas Ruiz, MD, OB-GYN at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California.Plus, he says, “It’s a very high dose of hormones, so taking it regularly probably won’t make you feel very good.”

    How much does birth control usually cost?

    Great question!

    The cost of birth control depends on a variety of factors including:

  • Where you live
  • What insurance you have (if any)
  • What type of birth control you’re accessing
  • Your income (there are some government assistance programs for folks on a lower income)

    • Of these factors, the type of birth control you’re accessing is the biggest factor affecting cost. An external condom, for example, will put you out about a dollar, while an IUD can put you out more than a grand (if you don’t have insurance).

    As a general rule, people who have insurance should expect to spend $0.00 to $250.00 total per year (between $0.00 and $20.00 per month).

    Those who don’t have insurance should expect to spend $200 to $600 total per year (about $20 to $50 per month)… unless (and this is important!) they qualify for Medicaid or other government programs that cover the cost.

    Your local health clinics, Planned Parenthood, and Title X clinics are locations most likely to offer free to lower-cost birth control for those who aren’t insured.

    Where to find it

    Cool, so you’ve either decided that using birth control is in your best interest or are interested in learning more. But what’s the first step?

    Here’s what folks with and without insurance need to know.

    Local health departments

    Most city and county health departments will be able to help you determine your most effective birth control methods and help you access those options.

    Typically, an appointment costs $10 to $25 dollars, during which you’ll get a consultation with a physician and get a birth control prescription.

    In the case of an implant, shot, or IUD, you may be able to receive birth control during that very appointment.

    Find your local health department via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online search engine. Then, call them up to find out what birth control options they offer (if any) and for what cost.

    Planned Parenthood locations

    Planned Parenthood clinics accept Medicaid and most health insurance plans.

    And if you don’t have insurance? Don’t worry. These clinics will often provide a discount on birth control depending on income.

    Find a Planned Parenthood clinic near you here. (FYI: They offer IRL and URL appointments!)

    Nonprofit organizations

    There are a number of nonprofit orgs that offer free and lower-cost birth control options for all folks regardless of their insurance situation.

    To find one near you, try Googling “lower-cost birth control near me” or “Title X family planning clinic in [insert your city here].”

    College and university health centers

    Many colleges and universities offer lower-cost birth control options for their students. (Yes, including students without insurance.)

    To find out if your school’s health center does, ring them up and ask.

    LGBTQIA+ centers

    Many cities have LGBTQIA+ centers that offer family planning services. Others don’t offer those services themselves but keep a directory of local LGBTQIA+ friendly providers that do.

    Find your local LGBTQIA+ center using the CenterLink LGBT Community Center Member Directory. Enter your location, find the community center nearest you, and call them up to ask about birth control services.

    State-by-state highlights

    Wanna know exactly where to go? Scroll down for our roundup, where we’ve identified a clinic offering free or lower-cost contraceptives at the top, middle, and bottom region of each state.

    If you’re in the Northeast 

    Connecticut

    In the Nutmeg state, people of any age can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian permission.

    Plus, people of any age can get barrier methods like condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • all OTC options
  • extended supply
  • female sterilization

    • Restrictions

  • None

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Enfield Health Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood West Hartford Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Stamford Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood New Haven Health Center
  • Online: Favor

    • Delaware

    In Delaware, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • all OTC options except external condoms
  • extended supply
  • female sterilization

    • Restrictions

  • You’re a minor until age 18 in Delaware, but you can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian consent starting at age 12.
  • Physicians reserve the right to tell minors’ parent(s) or guardian(s) about prescriptions, but the law doesn’t require them to do so.

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Wilmington Health Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Newark Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Dover Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood Dover Health Center
  • Online: Lemonaid Health

    • Maine

    In this picturesque state, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • extended supply
  • female sterilization

    • Restrictions

  • If you’re under the age of 18, you’ll need parental or guardian consent to get prescription birth control unless you’re a parent, married, have a health condition that may benefit from this medication, or emancipated.

    • Providers

  • Top: Maine Family Planning
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Topsham Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Portland Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood Biddeford Health Center
  • Online: Nurx

    • Massachusetts

    In Massachusetts, people of any age can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian consent.

    Plus, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • all OTC options except external condoms
  • extended supply
  • female sterilization

    • Restrictions

  • None

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Greater Boston Health Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Central Massachusetts Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Western Massachusetts Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Fenway Health
  • Online: Favor

    • Maryland

    In Maryland, people of any age can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian consent.

    Plus, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • OTC drugs
  • extended supply
  • male sterilization

    • Restrictions

  • If you’re under the age of 18, physicians reserve the right to tell your parent(s) or guardian(s) about your prescriptions, but the law doesn’t require them to do so.

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Frederick Health Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Baltimore City Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Waldorf Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Chase Brexton Health Services
  • Online: Planned Parenthood Direct

    • New Hampshire

    People of any age can get condoms or EC pills in New Hampshire.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • extended supply
  • contraception that’s prescribed and dispensed by a pharmacist

    • Restrictions

  • New Hampshire law doesn’t explicitly state that people under age 18 need a parent or guardian’s permission to get prescription birth control.

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Claremont Health Center
  • Middle: Equality Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Exeter Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Equality Health Center
  • Online: Lemonaid Health

    • New Jersey

    In New Jersey, people of all ages can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • all OTC options except condoms
  • extended supply
  • male sterilization
  • female sterilization

    • Restrictions

  • If you’re under the age of 18, you’ll need parental or guardian consent to get prescription birth control unless you’re married, pregnant, or have been pregnant before.

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Hackensack Health
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood New Brunswick Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Camden Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Alliance Community Healthcare
  • Online: Planned Parenthood Direct

    • New York

    New Yorkers of all ages can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian consent.

    Plus, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • all OTC options
  • extended supply
  • male sterilization
  • female sterilization

    • Restrictions

  • None

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Ithaca Health Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood White Plains Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Manhattan Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
  • Online: Favor

    • Pennsylvania

    People of any age in Pennsylvania can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian permission.

    Plus, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • nothing

    • Restrictions

  • None

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Wilkes-Barre Medical Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Allentown Medical Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Harrisburg Medical Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood West Chester Surgical Center
  • Online: Favor

    • Rhode Island

    In Rhode Island, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • extended supply

    • Restrictions

  • Rhode Island law doesn’t explicitly state that people under the age of 18 need a parent or guardian’s permission to get prescription birth control.

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Providence Health Center
  • Middle: Women’s Medicine Collaborative
  • Bottom: Women’s Medical Center of Rhode Island
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood Providence Health Center
  • Online: Planned Parenthood Direct

    • Vermont

    In Vermont, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • extended supply
  • female sterilization
  • male sterilization

    • Restrictions

  • If you’re unmarried and under the age of 18, you may need parental or guardian consent to get prescription birth control.
  • Vermont law doesn’t explicitly state that unmarried people under age 18 need a parent or guardian’s permission to get prescription birth control.

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Burlington Health Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood White River Junction Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Brattleboro Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Community Health Centers of Burlington
  • Online: Planned Parenthood Direct

    • Washington, D.C.

    In Washington, D.C., people of any age can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian consent.

    Plus, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • all OTC options
  • extended supply
  • female sterilization

    • Restrictions

  • None

    • Providers

  • Top: Andromeda Transcultural Health Center
  • Middle: George Washington Medical Faculty Associates
  • Bottom: United Medical Center (Care Center)
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Whitman Walker Health
  • Online: Nurx

    • If you’re in the Southeast 

    Kentucky

    In Kentucky, people of any age can get condoms, EC pills, and prescription birth control without parental or guardian permission.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • nothing

    • Restrictions

  • If you’re under the age of 18, physicians reserve the right to tell your parent(s) or guardian(s) about your prescriptions, but the law doesn’t require them to do so.

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Cincinnati Surgical Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Louisville Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Bluegrass Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood Bluegrass Health Center
  • Online: Lemonaid Health

    • Alabama

    In Alabama, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • nothing

    • Restrictions

  • You’re a minor until age 19 in Alabama, but you can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian consent starting at age 14.
  • People under 14 years of age can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian permission if they’re a high school graduate, a parent, married, or have ever been pregnant.

    • Providers

  • Top: Alabama Women’s Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Birmingham Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Mobile Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood Birmingham Health Center
  • Online: Nurx

    • Arkansas

    In Arkansas, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control

    • Restrictions

  • You’re a minor until age 18 in Arkansas, but you can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian consent starting at age 14.
  • People under 14 years of age can get prescription birth control without parental or guardian permission if they’re a high school graduate, a parent, married, or have ever been pregnant.

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Fayetteville Health Center
  • Middle: Little Rock Family Planning Services
  • Bottom: Community Clinic
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood Fayetteville Health Center
  • Online: Lemonaid Health

    • Florida

    In the Sunshine State, people of any age can get condoms or EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • nothing

    • Restrictions

  • If you’re under the age of 18, you’ll need parental or guardian consent to get prescription birth control unless you’re married, a parent, have been pregnant before, or have a health condition that may benefit from this medication.

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Tallahassee Health Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Tampa Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Boca Raton Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood East Orlando Health Center
  • Online: Nurx

    • Georgia

    In addition to peaches, people of any age in Georgia can get condoms, EC pills, or prescription birth control without parental or guardian consent.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control

    • Restrictions

  • None

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Gwinnett Health Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood East Atlanta Health Center
  • Bottom: Savannah Medical Clinic
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood Gwinnett Health Center
  • Online: Nurx

    • Louisiana

    In the boot-shaped state, people of any age can get condoms and EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • nothing

    • Restrictions

  • If you’re under the age of 18, you’ll need parental or guardian consent to get prescription birth control unless you’re married or have a health condition that may benefit from this medication.

    • Providers

  • Top: Caddo Parish Health Unit
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Baton Rouge Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood New Orleans Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood New Orleans Health Center
  • Online: Lemonaid Health

    • Mississippi

    In this Southern state, people of any age can get condoms and EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • nothing

    • Restrictions

  • If you’re under the age of 21, you may need parental or guardian consent to get prescription birth control unless you’re a parent, married, or have a referral from a “specified professional.”

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Memphis Health Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Hattiesburg Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Baton Rouge Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: CHOICES
  • Online: Pandia Health

    • North Carolina

    In North Carolina, people of any age can get condoms, EC pills, and prescription birth control without parental or guardian consent.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control

    • Restrictions

  • None

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Winston-Salem Health Center
  • Middle: A Women’s Choice of Raleigh
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Wilmington Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood Asheville Health Center
  • Online: Pandia Health

    • South Carolina

    In South Carolina, people of any age can get condoms and EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • nothing

    • Restrictions

  • If you’re under the age of 16, you’ll need parental or guardian consent to get prescription birth control unless you’re married or your healthcare provider deems that you’re a “mature minor.”

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Columbia Health Center
  • Middle: Kraemer Women’s Care
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Charleston Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Planned Parenthood Charleston Health Center
  • Online: Pandia Health

    • Tennessee

    In Tennessee, people of any age can get condoms and EC pills at local pharmacies.

    The state explicitly includes insurance coverage for contraception that’s prescribed and dispensed by a pharmacist.

    Restrictions

  • If you’re under the age of 16, you’ll need parental or guardian consent to get prescription birth control unless you’re married or your healthcare provider deems that you’re a “mature minor.”

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Nashville Health Center
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Knoxville Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Memphis Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Choices
  • Online: Nurx

    • Virginia

    In Virginia, people of any age can get condoms, EC pills, and prescription birth control without parental or guardian permission.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • extended supply
  • female sterilization

    • Restrictions

  • None

    • Providers

  • Top: Health Brigade
  • Middle: Planned Parenthood Charlottesville Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Virginia Beach Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Health Brigade
  • Online: Nurx

    • West Virginia

    In West Virginia, people of any age can get condoms and EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • extended supply
  • contraception that’s prescribed and dispensed by a pharmacist

    • Restrictions

  • If you’re under the age of 18, you’ll need parental or guardian consent to get prescription birth control unless you’re married or your healthcare provider deems that you’re a “mature minor.”

    • Providers

  • Top: Planned Parenthood Vienna Health Center
  • Middle: Cabin Creek Health Center
  • Bottom: Planned Parenthood Roanoke Health Center
  • LGBTQIA+ friendly: Dr. Rainbow
  • Online: Pandia Health

    • If you’re in the Midwest 

    Illinois

    In Illinois, people of any age can get condoms and EC pills at local pharmacies.

    Insurance providers are required to cover:

  • prescription birth control
  • all OTC options except external condoms
  • extended supply
  • female sterilization
  • male sterilization

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