{"id":51681,"date":"2023-05-04T07:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=51681"},"modified":"2023-05-04T07:22:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:22:01","slug":"birth-control-now-available-over-the-counter-in-nys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/birth-control-now-available-over-the-counter-in-nys\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth Control Now Available Over the Counter in NYS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_51682\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hochul-birth-control-signing.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51682\" data-attachment-id=\"51682\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/birth-control-now-available-over-the-counter-in-nys\/hochul-birth-control-signing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hochul-birth-control-signing.jpg?fit=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,267\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Mike Groll\\\/Office of Governor Ka&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Office of Governor Kathy Hochul&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hochul-birth control signing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Governor Kathy Hochul signs legislation expanding access to reproductive health care (May 2, 2023)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hochul-birth-control-signing.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hochul-birth-control-signing.jpg?fit=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-51682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hochul-birth-control-signing.jpg?resize=375%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hochul-birth-control-signing.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hochul-birth-control-signing.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Governor Kathy Hochul signs legislation expanding access to reproductive health care (May 2, 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Birth control<\/strong> is now available over the counter in New York State.<\/p>\n<p>Governor <strong>Kathy Hochul<\/strong> has signed legislation to expand access to <strong>hormonal contraception<\/strong> by making it available over the counter, particularly assisting marginalized populations who may not have a primary care provider, but do have access to a local pharmacy.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul also signed legislation that requires every <strong>SUNY and CUNY<\/strong> campus to provide access to <strong>abortion<\/strong> medication to their student body either by employing or contracting with authorized individuals who may prescribe abortion prescription drugs, or by providing students with information and referrals to providers authorized to prescribe abortion medication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birth control is now available over the counter in New York State. Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand access to hormonal contraception by making it available over the counter, particularly assisting marginalized populations who may not have a primary care provider, but do have access to a local pharmacy. Hochul also signed legislation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":51682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[9101,13264,13265,1333,2150],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hochul-birth-control-signing.jpg?fit=400%2C267&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-drz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53887,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/nys-taking-steps-to-protect-access-to-abortion-care-following-federal-court-ruling\/","url_meta":{"origin":51681,"position":0},"title":"NYS Taking Steps To Protect Access to Abortion Care Following Federal Court Ruling","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"August 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"New York State is taking steps to protect access to abortion care, including medication abortion, following a federal court ruling that attempted to curb access to mifepristone. 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