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The lack of insurance coverage for contraceptives contrasts sharply with the availability of insurance for Viagra. "Within two months of its entrance into the U.S. market, more than one half of the prescriptions for Viagra received insurance coverage. Such coverage has yet to be extended to reversible contraceptive methods, prompting national organizations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Planned Parenthood Federation of America to condemn the gender bias in prescription coverage." See Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Fact Sheet: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage, May, 2002, http://www.plannedparenthood.org.