After the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic case, access to abortion shifted from being a constitutional right to an issue controlled at the state level. The court’s ruling also placed renewed attention on contraception.
On July 21, the House of Representatives approved a bill that would prohibit restrictions on contraception access, but the legislation is stalled in the Senate.
Around 65% of women aged 15-49 were using contraception, according to a survey conducted from 2017 to 2019 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Contraceptive use rates are relatively constant across women of different educational attainment levels and races but varied more by age. About 39% of women in the 15-19 age group used contraception, but this rate nearly doubled to about 75% among women in their 40s.
