PRESSLEY, MURRAY, COLLEAGUES REINTRODUCE BILL TO EXPAND COVERAGE OF BIRTH CONTROL AND SOUND ALARM ON TRUMP'S RELENTLESS ATTACKS ON CONTRACEPTION & FAMILY PLANNING

Washington, Sept. 24 -- Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley issued the following press release:

Bill Text (PDF) BOSTON - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), alongside Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Representatives Ami Bera (D-CA) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), reintroduced the bicameral Affordability is Access Act. The Affordability is Access Act would require insurers to fully cover over-the-counter birth control without any fees or out-of-pocket costs, once it's FDA-approved. The legislation also includes a new provision to require health insurance to cover every FDA-approved contraceptive drug or drug-led combination product without cost sharing unless the health plan a...