Opinion: FDA’s outdated Birth Control Guide blocks access to the innovations the agency has approved
Every day, women in the United States are routinely denied access to the latest birth control methods approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The reason for this may seem unfathomable in a nation so deeply reliant on instant access to the latest information: Health insurers deny covering new contraceptive methods because a single page on the FDA’s website — its Birth Control Guide — fails to include the new and innovative products the agency has spent time and energy reviewing and approving.
