Contraceptive Equity
The Birth Control Center of the International Workers Order
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11036117 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Temkin (0000-0001-6028-5819, During the writing of this article, the author was with Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, Bridgeport., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1737-1745 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2006.098145 |
| PMID | 17761562 |
| PMCID | PMC1994190 |
| OpenAlex | W2023648595 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act, introduced in Congress in 1997 and still unpassed, seeks to redress health insurers’ failure to pay for birth control as they pay for other prescription drugs, most paradoxically Viagra. In 1936 the International Workers Order (IWO), a fraternal society, became the first insurer to include contraception in its benefits package. A forerunner in the movement for prepaid medical care, the IWO offered its members primary care and contraceptive services for annual flat fees. Founded at a time when the legal status of contraception was in flux, the IWO’s Birth Control Center was the only such clinic to operate on an insurance system. Recent state laws and judicial actions have revived the IWO’s groundbreaking view of contraception as a basic preventive service deserving of insurance coverage
Birth control · Business · Environmental health · Equity (law) · Family medicine · Family planning · Health care · Health insurance · Medical prescription · Political science · Population · Redress · Research methodology · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Reproductive Health and Contraception
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |