Should Birth Control be Covered by Insurance

"Pathfinders" are guides to help you get started finding information on a topic. A St. Kate's Reference Librarian has written this guide to help you perform Library research for your structured controversy paper and presentation. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list of resources, but some places to begin your hunt.

Please stop or phone the Reference Desk (651-690-6652) if you have questions or need further assistance.

Contents:   Reference Works  | Finding Books  |  Journal Articles  |  Internet Sites

Reference Books

Rights of Women
Reference KF478 .Z9 R67 1993
See "Insurance" pp. 284-289 and "Reproductive Freedom" pp. 178-208

Note: Please remember that Reference Books may not be taken from the Library

Finding Books

Use CLICnet to search for books and videos in the Library at St. Kate's and at other ACTC colleges. Use the "Request" feature to obtain items not at St. Kate's.

Search terms:
Subject:  birth control
Keyword:  contraceptives

Finding Journal Articles

About off-campus access

Use Academic Search Premier and Expanded Academic ASAP to look for journal articles, adding enough terms to limit the search to your topic. To find only academic journals, click before the box for "scholarly (peer reviewed) publications."

Search terms:
birth control and insurance
contraceptive coverage

Internet Resources

Center for Repoductive Rights

http://www.reproductiverights.org/pub_fac_epicc.html
Contraceptive Equity Bills Gain Momentum in State Legislatures

Cover My Pills
http://www.covermypills.org
Covers recent news about contraceptive coverage and provides a forum for women to discuss the issue. A website from the Fair Access to Contraception project of Planned Parenthood which believes that contraceptives should be treated in the same way as other medical needs.

NOW: Women Fight for Insurance Equity in Court, at Work
http://www.now.org/eNews/july2002/070102suits.html
Article from the Natonal Organization of Women about legal cases of women trying to get their employers to pay for health insurance coverage of birth control.

Planned Parenthood: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/issues-action/birth-control/prescription-insurance-6548.htm
Background information about the movement for equity in insurance for contraceptive prescriptions.

Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html
Legislative information on contraceptive coverage. See: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act.