Last week two dozen protestors from the University of Pittsburg, Chatham University, Carnegie Mellon University and Planned Parenthood stood in the rain in protest of rising birth control prices. The protestors carried signs, passed out stickers and gathered signatures to be sent to Rep. Mike Doyle, insisting that Congress restore affordable birth control to colleges. Prices for oral contraceptives began doubling at student health centers last year when a change in Medicaid rebate law ended incentives for drug companies to provide discounts to colleges. The universities of Michigan, Wisconsin, Utah and Nebraska, as well as Columbia, Dartmouth, Barnard and Princeton, have already drafted resolutions urging Congress to fix the pricing.

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