Nonie Wainwright is a recent graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, where she majored in journalism and women's studies. She is also a four year member of the University of Nevada swim team. As team captain she led the team to two consecutive conference championships. Because she was directly impacted by skyrocketing prices for birth control, she became an advocate for affordable birth control.
The 2009 omnibus appropriations bill has a little-noticed provision will restore access to affordable birth control for nearly four million college students and low-income women.
Birth control is not a lifestyle drug — affordable hormonal contraception is essential to women’s health. That was the theme of a recent lobbying visit to Capitol Hill.
