By TAYLOR STUCK
The Herald-Dispatch
(West Virginia Legislative Photography photo by Perry Bennett)
CHARLESTON — A bill to make it easier for people to access contraception unanimously passed the West Virginia House of Delegates’ Health and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday.
The committee passed a substitute of House Bill 2583, the Family Planning Access Act. The bill authorizes the state health officer to issue a standing order for self-administered contraceptives (the pill, ring or patch) that will allow pharmacists to dispense the drugs up to 12 months after the initial prescription.
This means a person can get birth control without visiting the doctor.
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