Project 2025 and Birth Control: What You Should Know

What is it?

Project 2025 is a policy plan developed by conservative groups that proposes significant changes to various aspects of government policy, including reproductive health and birth control. 

What does it say about birth control?

1. Emergency Contraception: One of the key proposals of Project 2025 is to restrict access to some forms of emergency contraception, such as Plan B and Ella. It also urges the FDA to reconsider its approval of Plan B. 
2. Birth Control Coverage Exemptions: This plan also advocates for religious and moral exemptions that would allow employers and universities to refrain from coverage of contraceptives​ like hormonal birth control, IUDs, and emergency contraception
3. Natural Family Planning: The plan suggests insurance coverage for alternative family planning methods, such as tracking the menstrual cycle to avoid pregnancy. This method is supported by some as a safer alternative to emergency contraception, though it is not as reliable as modern contraceptives​.
4. Mail-order Medications: Project 2025 seeks to end the mailing of some contraceptives across state lines. Through the mail is currently one of the primary ways that people in states with stricter contraceptive laws receive oral contraception.