IT SOON WILL BE EASIER FOR WOMEN TO GET HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL. 

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS ISSUED A STANDING ORDER THAT LETS PHARMACISTS DISPENSE CONTRACEPTIVES WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. SPOKESPERSON MIKE CLAFFEY:

INTERESTED PHARMACISTS WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRAINING BEFORE THEY CAN DISPENSE BIRTH CONTROL SO PATIENTS SHOULD CHECK WITH THEIR LOCAL DRUGSTORE TO SEE IF THIS OPTION IS AVAILABLE.

BIRTH CONTROL AVAILABLE INCLUDES THE PILL, HORMONAL PATCHES AND VAGINAL RINGS, AND INJECTIONS.