Indiana lawmakers OK bill to allow over-the-counter birth control access

A bill to allow over-the-counter birth control access to Indiana residents is being sent to Gov. Eric Holcomb after being approved by lawmakers.

Glick, who sponsored the state's abortion ban, called the bill "a furtherance of the bills we heard this summer."

"We have individuals who have been referred to their primary physicians or to a primary physicians. Many of them don’t go to the doctor, they can’t afford it or they don’t have access," she said before the 28-20 vote. "This is an effort to give care to individuals who need it. It’s an effort to help these individuals have healthy families at their time."

If approved by GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb, pharmacists could be reimbursed for their services to Medicaid patients. They would also be able to object to prescribing the medications under "ethical, moral, or religious grounds."