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BOSTON -- The Massachusetts House and Senate passed a bill guaranteeing women's access to birth control without co-pays, sending it to Gov. Charlie Baker's desk.

Baker has indicated that he is likely to sign the bill.

"The Baker-Polito Administration fully supports access to women's health and family planning services, is supportive of the concepts in this legislation and will carefully review the Access bill in the coming days," said Baker spokeswoman Lizzy Guyton.

The bill, H.4009, referred to as the ACCESS Act, would provide women with access to birth control without a co-pay, even if that provision of the Affordable Care Act is repealed.

Sen. Jamie Eldridge, Senate chairman of the Joint Committee on Financial Services, said that in testimony before his committee, women highlighted the importance of having options for birth control. He noted the importance of birth control in allowing women to plan pregnancies and giving them more economic freedom.

Eldridge said the bill ensures that women continue to have the right to free birth control, without the infringement of insurance companies. "Personal health care decisions should be made only between a woman and her doctor," Eldridge said.


http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/11/no_co-pay_birth_control_bill_o.html