Access to Birth Control Act

United States116th CongressS-1086Senate
Latest legislative activity: Apr 9, 2019

Summary

Official Summary

Access to Birth Control Act

This bill requires pharmacies to comply with certain requirements related to providing contraceptives. For example, a pharmacy must provide a customer with a requested contraceptive without delay if it is in stock and must ensure that customers are not intimidated, threatened, or harassed with respect to their requests for contraceptives.

The bill establishes civil penalties and a private cause of action for violations of the bill.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

HR-2182: Access to Birth Control Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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