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NYBCAP Press
2024
In the News | Politico Playbook | Rochelle Rodney named Co-Executive Director of NYBCAP
In the News | City and State First Reads | NYS Attorney General Letitia James joins NYBCAP to announce Rochelle Rodney as Co-Executive Director
Op-Ed | The Kiosk | Student Association and Governing Council rep Genesis Fernandez plans to bring affordable birth control to CUNY SPS
In the News | WENY News | Legislation to expand birth control access on SUNY campuses
In the News | Erie News Now | Legislation to expand birth control access on SUNY campuses
In the News | CNY Central | Upstate Medical University becomes first SUNY with vending machine offering contraceptives
In the News | The Daily Orange | Upstate University becomes first SUNY with emergency contraception vending
In the News | PIX 11 | Birth control available from a pharmacist without a prescription
In the News | Crain’s Health Pulse | New Yorkers can now access hormonal birth control without prescription
In the News | NY Times | Sen. Chuck Schumer pushes a vote on the Right to Contraception Act
In the News | CBS | Sen. Chuck Schumer touts Right to Contraception Act. Here’s more on the bill.
In the News | City and State NY | Reproductive health care advocates push for birth control injections at pharmacies
In the News | Crain’s Health Pulse | New York insiders see champion of health care access in Harris’ first stump speech
In the News | CBS 6 | 20-foot birth control display in Albany raises awareness about contraception
In the News | Stat News | Birth control has become harder to get. New York has some creative solutions
In the News | The Nation | New York’s Proposed Equal Rights Amendment Is the Most Inclusive Yet
In the News | Crain’s Health Pulse | What Biden’s over-the-counter contraception proposal could mean for New York
In the News | Crain’s Health Pulse | What women’s health care in New York could look like under Trump
2023
In the News | News12 | Gov. Hochul signs new legislation expanding access to birth control
In the News | Times Union | Birth control access bill advances in N.Y. legislature
Press Conference | Governor Hochul Signs the Birth Control Access Act | Rochelle Rodney’s speech (Minute 16)
Op-Ed by Rochelle Rodney | NYN Media | The fight for bodily autonomy is bigger than abortion
In the News | Fox 5 | Emergency Contraception in John Jay Vending Machine
In the News | Pix11 | Birth control vending machines unveiled on CUNY campus
In the News | Pix11 | CUNY school installs new emergency contraception vending machines
Press Release | John Jay College | Responding to Student Advocacy, John Jay Installs Emergency Contraception Vending Machines
In the News | The Spirit | First Morning-After Pill Vending Machines in CUNY System Installed at John Jay
2022
In the News | NY Daily News| N.Y. lawmakers eye expanding reproductive rights, access to birth control in wake of Supreme Court bombshell
Op-Ed | NY Daily News | What New York can do to expand reproductive freedom – Jenna Bimbi
In the News | Crain’s New York | Advocates eye pharmacies for expanding birth-control access
2021
In the News | NYC expands birth control access amid nationwide challenges to abortion
Press Release from Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney | Following Dobbs oral argument advocates call for reproductive justice and health equity
Op-Ed | Lawmakers, let pharmacists prescribe contraceptives
Op-Ed | Pharmacists prescribing contraception increases choice and access for NYC’s marginalized communities
In the News | Bill would expand access to birth control in New York
Op-Ed | Contraceptive Deserts hurt Women Most in Need
Research | Dr. Maria Rodriguez – Oregon Health & Science University – Research & Estimates
2020
Press Release from Attorney General James | Demands Health Insurance Providers Obey the Law, Protect Women’s Access to Birth Control
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NY County Contraceptive Deserts White Paper
How do I get 12 months of birth control all at once?
FAQ: The ins and outs of 12 months of birth control dispensed at one time.
Bedsider Online birth control support network for women 18-29 operated by Power to Decide, the campaign to prevent unplanned pregnancy.
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Book an appointment, even if you don’t have health insurance.
HITE Online resource directory connecting New Yorkers with free and low-cost health and social services.
Callen Lorde Offering sex-positive, safe and supportive prevention and screening for sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) for patients, as well as walk-in testing and treatment to people who are not patients.
The Door Provides youth health services.
Family Planning Benefit Program The FPBP is a public health insurance program for New Yorkers who need family planning services, but may not be able to afford them. It is intended to increase access to confidential family planning services and to enable teens, women and men of childbearing age to prevent and/or reduce the incidence of unintentional pregnancies.
Layla advice about sex, relationships, and even those embarrassing intimate questions about common infections.
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Statement of Principles
