Why pharmacy access to birth control prescriptions is good policy

Monument-filled Washington, D.C. and mountain-topped Utah are two very different places, especially when it comes to politics. However, both recently agreed that birth control prescription access is a problem, passing legislation that allows pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control—something that, previously, only doctors could do.

They’re not alone in this effort; D.C. and Utah join eight states that also allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control. This pharmacy-access model is catching on, and for good reason: The benefits of pharmacy access to birth control are vast, especially for women in rural or poor areas, and for this reason, more states should follow suit.