Ginnie Graham

Tulsa World Columnist

Allowing women to make fewer trips to the pharmacy doesn’t seem like a big win, but it is in Oklahoma when it’s for birth control.

Senate Bill 176 passed the Legislature and becomes a law on Nov. 1 without Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature. It grants insurers that cover contraception the ability to cover six-month prescriptions on refills. A first-time prescription is still limited to three months.

It’s common for women to get a year’s approval from their doctors for routinely taken pregnancy prevention pills. Before this bill, they could only get the prescriptions filled in up to 90-day increments.

The bill was sponsored by Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, and Rep. Cindy Roe, R-Lindsay, who is also a nurse. The purpose is to support women, especially tho

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