Governor Jack Markell has gotten private organizations to provide $10 million to provide birth control to women in Delaware.
The money would train medical providers to implant contraceptives and to educate women on various safe methods of birth control.
In addition, the Wilmington News Journal reports that funds will also go to provide different forms of contraceptives in doctor’s offices so that the women can get same-day long-acting birth control.
The News Journal reports that $1.7 million in state funding will also be provided to support the program.
Markell announced the program yesterday at the Henrietta Johnson Medical Center in Wilmington during a training session for medical providers.
Funding for the Delaware Contraceptive Access Now program comes from a number of philanthropic organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Silicon Community Foundation.
