In another vote today, the House committee inserted appropriations language that would require health plans for federal workers to cover prescription contraceptives.

She had signed up for the company's health care plan in February 2000 only to learn that it did not cover her prescription contraceptives.

The agency approved Plan B as a prescription contraceptive in July 1999.

Because of this, the school committee voted in October 2007 to make prescription contraceptives available through the school's clinic, creating some controversy.

In 1998, Congress required insurance plans participating in the health plan for federal employees to cover all prescription contraceptives.

The number of women who say they need help paying for prescription contraceptives rose by one million between 2000 and 2004.

So let's require all health insurers to cover the cost of prescription contraceptives, as many already do.

For example, prescription contraceptives are not uniformly covered.

Rather, it offers much-needed coverage and care for prescription contraceptives, an essential part of women's reproductive health.

The agency approved it as a prescription contraceptive in 1999.