Testimony in Support of Pharmacist-Prescribed Birth Control (House Bill 135), Illinois Senate Insurance Committee
Chair Harris, Vice-Chair Munoz and members of the Senate Insurance Committee: My name is Courtney Joslin and I am a resident fellow for the R Street Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization whose mission is to engage in policy research that supports free markets and limited, effective government. I lead R Street’s research on state policies for birth control access, with a focus on sensible deregulatory efforts such as pharmacist-prescribed birth control. I appreciate the opportunity to elaborate on why I support HB 135, and how this model has brought positive...