This patient fact sheet compares the different birth control options in a colorful and easy-to-read chart. The fact sheet includes essential information about each birth control method, how to use it, its impact on bleeding/menstruation, and common side effects. Along with updated language, new features include: symbols to quickly determine if a method requires a prescription, protects from STIs/HIVs, or has hormones, a QR code to scan to easily pull up the resource on a smartphone, and hyperlinks attached to each method picture to seamlessly find our method-specific user guides for more in-depth information.
A tool for health care providers who want to check a patient’s medical eligibility for various forms of contraception as they relate to absolute and relative contraindications.
The Affordable Care Act requires public and most private health insurance plans to cover the full range of birth control methods with no out-of-pocket costs. But some people do not have health insurance or have plans that are exempt from birth control coverage. This factsheet lists different resources and programs to help you obtain free or low-cost services so that cost does not have to limit access to your preferred birth control method.
