Support the Affordability is Access Act to maintain FDA authority over over-the-counter contraception and prevent retailers that stock FDA-approved nonprescription contraception from interfering with consumer access or purchase.

Patty Murray · Washington · Democratic

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Support legislation preserving FDA authority over over-the-counter contraception and requiring retailers not to interfere with consumer access to covered contraception.. Promised outcome: Consumers can purchase FDA-approved over-the-counter contraception from retailers that stock it without retailer interference.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. Senate press release announcing Senator Patty Murray's reintroduction of the Affordability is Access Act during her federal Senate term.

Occurrences

The Affordability is Access Act would also maintain the FDA’s sole authority to determine the safety and efficacy of drugs and make them available over the counter without a prescription, and ensure retailers provide contraception without a prescription. The legislation states that any retailer that stocks contraception that the FDA has approved, granted, or cleared without a prescription may not interfere with a consumer’s access to or purchase of such contraception.

The bill Murray reintroduced would preserve FDA authority over nonprescription contraception and bar retailers from interfering with consumers' access to stocked FDA-approved contraception.

Senators Murray, Hirono, Cortez Masto, Reintroduce Bill to Expand Coverage of Birth Control in America and Sound the Alarm on Trump’s Relentless Attacks on Contraception & Family Planning - Senator Patty Murray
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Evidence

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re-introducing the Affordability is Access Act

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Murray’s Senate office announced renewed action on the Affordability is Access Act, documenting continued effort rather than enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

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Senators Murray (D-WA), Cortez Masto (D-NV), Hirono (D-HI)

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House sponsor’s official release lists Murray among Senate sponsors/cosponsors of the reintroduced bill, confirming concrete support during the lookback window.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Pressley, Murray, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Expand Coverage of Birth Control and Sound Alarm on Trump’s Relentless Attacks on Contraception & Family Planning - Ayanna Pressley
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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Nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify or interfere with Food and Drug Administration processes

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The reintroduced bill text contains the FDA-authority preservation language matching the commitment’s FDA-authority component.

unresolved same_term A for effort

TAM26796.pdf
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may not interfere with a consumer’s access to or purchase of such contraception.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official release states the bill includes retailer noninterference language, matching the access/purchase component of the commitment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

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the notice of proposed rulemaking that appeared in the Federal Register on October 28, 2024, at 89 FR 85750 is withdrawn.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A related administrative proposal to require no-cost coverage of certain OTC contraceptive items was withdrawn, reinforcing that the policy goal remained unresolved absent legislation.

unresolved same_term

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)
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introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo documents Murray’s earlier same-term introduction of the Affordability is Access Act and referral to committee, showing prior effort without enacted resolution on that bill record.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 1698 (IS) - Affordability is Access Act of 2023 - BILLS-118s1698is | Content Details | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 89%

Assessments

Public state: delivered As of 2026-09-30 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The commitment judged is to support the Affordability is Access Act, not to prove final enactment of the contraception-access outcome. Verified evidence shows Murray re-introduced the Affordability is Access Act and was identified among the Senate sponsors, and verified text confirms the bill contains the retailer noninterference component matching the commitment. That is material candidate action satisfying the support-legislation promise during her Senate term, though the broader enacted policy outcome is not shown as completed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%