Maryland Aims to Tackle Contraception Deserts

As Maryland continues its push to expand access to reproductive health care, a new collaboration will look to improve contraception services in areas where people don’t have access to all of their birth control options. Maryland, by some measures, has some of the highest rates of unplanned pregnancies and is home to hundreds of thousands of women without easy access to comprehensive contraceptive care.

The new effort aims to fill the gaps by focusing on training and equipping primary care providers who are not already offering a full range of options. The new focus on contraceptive care is about investing in health care for women and girls “before abortion even needs to be an option.” Read more from Governing here.