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United States Contraception

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Changes to the health care system under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are having wide-ranging impacts on health coverage and provision of care to men and women across the United States. Guttmacher studies the ACA’s impact on reproductive health coverage and access, with a particular focus on the federal contraceptive coverage guarantee, which has eliminated cost barriers that could impede women’s ability to obtain the method that is best for them. The Institute also focuses on identifying vulnerable populations, such as many immigrants, who are not fully benefiting from the ACA.

  • Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • Publicly Funded Family Planning
  • State Policies on Contraception
  • Policy Analysis

    The First 10 Years of the ACA: We Must Protect and Build on Major Gains in Sexual and Reproductive Health

  • Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    U.S. Insurance Coverage, 2018: The Affordable Care Act Is Still Under Threat and Still Vital for Reproductive-Age Women

  • Policy Analysis

    The ACA’s Birth Control Benefit Is Back Before the Supreme Court

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 87%

    of insured women did not have to pay out of pocket for a hormonal IUD by spring 2014
  • 15-67%

    increase in women paying zero dollars out of pocket for oral contraceptive pills between fall 2012 and spring 2014.
  • 20%

    decrease in women living below the poverty line who were uninsured between 2013 and 2014

Resources

  • July 2017 Policy Analysis

    Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Policy Trends at Midyear, 2017

    Elizabeth Nash, Rachel Benson Gold, Lizamarie Mohammed, Olivia Cappello and Zohra Ansari-Thomas

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • June 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    How Dismantling the ACA’s Marketplace Coverage Would Impact Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Kinsey Hasstedt,Association for Women in Science

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • April 2017 Policy Analysis

    Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Policy Trends in the First Quarter of 2017

    Elizabeth Nash, Rachel Benson Gold, Zohra Ansari-Thomas, Olivia Cappello and Lizamarie Mohammed

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • April 2017 Policy Analysis

    How Dismantling the ACA’s Marketplace Coverage Would Impact Sexual and Reproductive Health

    Kinsey Hasstedt,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • March 2017 Research Article

    Did Contraceptive Use Patterns Change After the Affordable Care Act?: A Descriptive Analysis

    Jonathan Bearak and Rachel K. Jones,Women's Health Issues

    United States

    • Contraception
  • March 2017 News Release

    New Study Finds Little Change in Patterns of U.S. Contraceptive Use From 2012 to 2015

    United States

    • Contraception
  • March 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    U.S. Reproductive Health and Rights: Beyond the Global Gag Rule

    Rachel Benson Gold and Ann M. Starrs,The Lancet Public Health

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • March 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    The Coming Assault on Contraceptive Care

    Ann M. Starrs,CNN Opinion

    United States

    • Contraception
  • February 2017 Policy Analysis

    States Must Act to Shore Up the Federal Contraceptive Coverage Guarantee

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
  • January 2017 Policy Analysis

    What Is at Stake with the Federal Contraceptive Coverage Guarantee?

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

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There is a growing body of evidence on the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on women’s contraceptive access. In the past, women seeking a hormonal IUD—one of the most effective forms of contraception available—may have been dissuaded from obtaining one because of high out-of-pocket costs. The ACA is making these more expensive methods a realistic option for many women. More women can now choose a birth control method based on what works best for them, as opposed to what they can afford

Megan L. Kavanaugh

Principal Research Scientist

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