Editor,
A new law from Congress has inadvertently caused birth control prices to soar on college campuses nationwide. At UNM, the Student Health Center had to switch from using a discounted name-brand birth control pill to a more expensive generic pill. The price for students has doubled and now costs $35 each month.
This is becoming a crisis situation for many young women. A 2006 survey of more than 20,000 college students revealed that about 40 percent of those who were sexually active used the pill or another form of prescription birth control to help prevent pregnancy.
The UNM Coalition for Reproductive Justice is taking a stand. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 12, students will call their legislators from Smith
Plaza and demand a resolution to this birth control pricing crisis. We have asked professors and others from the community to pledge 50 cents for each call or donate $50 by Nov. 12 to help us raise $1,000 for the UNM birth control subsidy project. We have already received numerous contributions from faculty.
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Members of UNM Coalition for Reproductive Justice
