California Will Now Offer a Year’s Worth of Birth Control Pills

Once again, California blazes the way for the rest of the nation.


Last week, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that states that women will be able to pick up a year’s supply of birth control pills at one time. Before this law passed, pharmacists were only able to dispense birth control in three-month supplies. (And I know I’ve had trouble with even that.)

birth control pills in California

Worried about if your insurance will cover it? No need: the new law also requires that the new year-at-once be covered in healthcare plans.

The new law goes into Jan. 1, 2017.

California Will Now Offer a Year’s Worth of Birth Control Pills

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