many women have gone without the birth control they want to use, also creating inconsistent use. Access to birth control is particularly difficult for the 19 million women of reproductive age with lower incomes who live in contraceptive deserts and lack reasonable access to a health center that offers the full range of contraceptive methods. (7) Due to systemic discrimination, people paid low wages, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, immigrants, and people with disabilities are more likely to face barriers to, and lack access to, health coverage and health care providers. (8) There are numerous social and economic factors that make it harder to access birth control, including rising income and wealth inequality, gaps in insurance coverage, and barriers to accessing health providers. (9) Leading health experts support over-the-counter birth control pills. 4. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) in order to increase 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