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Contraceptive Coverage

Business Group Family Health in Brief – "Promoting Healthy Pregnancies: Counseling and Contraception as the First Step" available for download in the Business Group members only section

Business Group/CDC Business Consultation – part of the Business Group/CDC Web Gateway

New Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health – Covering Contraception: A Benefit Guide for Employers. Contains evidence-based information regarding coverage of prescription contraceptives in benefit plans.

The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) is a non-profit organization focused on reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. AGI publishes Family Planning Perspectives, International Family Planning Perspectives, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy and special reports on reproductive health and rights.

American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG)
Contains policy statements on issues related to pregnancy and contraceptive coverage, including recent legislative news.  www.acog.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Information source unintended pregnancies. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/up.htm

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) – Contains links to articles and information on unintended pregnancies. http://www.kff.org/topics.cgi?topic=unintended

Bartell Drugs – Contains press release from employer in reaction to a federal judge's ruling that the company was guilty of sexual discrimination for not including birth control in its comprehensive health plan. http://www.bartelldrugs.com/

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Link to EEOC decision that excluding prescription contraceptives from a health insurance plan is discriminatory.  http://www.eeoc.gov/docs/decision-contraception.html

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet – Bill Summary and Status for the Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2001 (introduced in the House)
 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.01111:

Bill Summary and Status for the Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2001 (S 104; introduced in the Senate)
 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.00104:

Excluding Women's Contraceptives from Health Plans Ruled a Violation by Federal Agency

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that it is illegal for corporate health-care plans to exclude female contraceptives if they cover other preventive medicines or services. The ruling stems from charges filed with the agency by two nurses who claim that their employer discriminated against them by failing to cover contrapectives when it covered other preventive measures.This move by the EEOC could lead to a large rise in litigation by women whose companies' health-care plans exclude prescription contraceptives such as birth-control pills.

EEOC Decision on Coverage of Contraception