After the 2016 election, many women ran out to\nget IUDs. Why? Because they worried that their access to affordable\ncontraceptives would be compromised in the coming years. That fear continues to\nbe prevalent. But some women already struggle to access birth control, despite\nthe fact that it\u2019s legal\u2014young women who live with their parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, there are some states that require\nparental consent in order for a minor to get birth control. Most states have\nlaws that require minors 12 and above to get parental consent. Other states\nallow certain groups of minors, such as those who are pregnant, married, or\nalready have kids, to get birth control without parental consent. Still others\ndon\u2019t have any written laws about minors getting birth control, and the decision\nis left to individual physicians. Click here for a complete list of parental consent laws\nby state<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the majority of states, a minor wouldn\u2019t\nhave any trouble getting birth control if they were able to travel to a Planned\nParenthood or other medical clinic. But for some young women, who live far from\nwomen\u2019s clinics or have very strict parents who are opposed to them using\ncontraceptives, the barrier to contraceptives is very real. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Luckily, there are options for young women in\nthese situations. One of them is called Nurx<\/a>, an app\nthat delivers birth control at no extra cost. Nurx is often free with\ninsurance, or sold at a low cost for those without insurance. It\u2019s also\nsafe\u2014they\u2019re not sending out packets of Trinessa willy-nilly. Each Nurx\nsubscriber consults with a real doctor when signing up for the service, and are\nable to ask that same doctor questions at any time while continuing their\nsubscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n