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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is distributing free contraception across the state starting in November.
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Federal law requires most private insurance plans (and Medicaid) to cover many types of contraception, including drugs that require a prescription. But over-the-counter birth control drugs aren't included. Bills introduced in the state Senate this week would change that.
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The first over-the-counter birth control pill and how it will affect contraceptive accessibility for teenagers, a trip to Hamtramck's Kitab Cafe, and the perspectives of four Palestinian-Americans in Michigan as Israel's bombardment of Gaza continues.
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New bills regarding birth control accessibility, the inspiration and work of a singer-songwriter based in northern Michigan, a conversation with the Michigan State University Womxn of Color Initiatives' 2024 Artist-in-Residence, and one year of the Dearborn Department of Health.
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Bills to expand insurance coverage of contraceptives and allow pharmacists to prescribe some birth control methods received a hearing before a state House committee.
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A state policy will make it easier for women to access many common types of birth control without a visit to the doctor’s office. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the policy Monday during a visit to Flint.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has launched an education campaign to explain that contraceptives do not cause abortions.
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A new University of Michigan study finds teenage girls are less likely to use contraception if they are obese. Researchers from the U of M Health System…
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A Michigan company’s legal fight against the Affordable Care Act’s contraception requirement will likely continue, despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling…
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Can art and history change the tone of the conversation in the pro-choice movement?Artist and activist Heather Ault believes they can.Heather is the…