A national survey found that 1 in 3 women have struggled to afford birth control at some point in their lives, and as a result, have used birth control inconsistently. Access to birth control is particularly difficult for women who live in contraceptive deserts and lack reasonable access to a health center that offers the full range of contraceptive methods. (7) Health disparities persist among low-income women, women of color, and women who lack access to health coverage and health care providers. (8) There are numerous social and economic barriers that make it harder to access birth control, including rising income and wealth inequality, gaps in insurance coverage and challenges accessing health providers. (9) Leading health experts support over-the-counter birth control pills. 4. Sense of the Senate It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) in order to increase women's access to oral birth control, such birth control must be both easier to obtain and affordable and, to make such birth control either easier to obtain or more affordable, but not both, is to leave unacceptable barriers in place for women