Soon, getting hormonal birth control in Michigan may be as simple as stopping in at your neighborhood pharmacy. That’s because the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs on Monday issued a new interpretation of the Michigan Public Health Code that opens up the ability of doctors to partner with pharmacists to directly dispense hormonal birth control. “Today’s action clarifies that Michigan pharmacists with delegated authority can prescribe self-administered hormonal birth control — oral contraceptives, the patch, and the ring — expanding access to birth control for women across Michigan and ensuring that they can plan their own future on their own terms,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement. As many as a third of U.S. women have reported barriers to accessing prescription contraception, according to a study published in the Journal of Women’s Health. With this change, Michigan joins 20 other U.S. states and the District of Columbia with statutes or rules that allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control, according to the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations. Read more on Freep.com. #birthcontrol #michigan #news #abortionrights