Today, President Obama signed the FY 2009 omnibus appropriations act, which included a long overdue fix to a law passed more than two years ago that made the price of birth control skyrocket across the country.

In nerdspeak, an unintended consequence of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 altered the Nominal Pricing Exception, excluding university health centers and safety net clinics from a program that allowed them to purchase deeply discounted drugs - including oral contraceptives - from pharmaceutical companies. In plain English, Congress made a mistake, the price of birth control went up 900% for some college students and low-income women, and it stinks to have to choose between buying groceries for your kids and being faced with an unplanned pregnancy.

We know that access to affordable contraception is a key piece of helping women and families prevent and plan their pregnancies, and we applaud Congress and the President for checking this off the nation's To Do List.