New app launched in Texas makes getting birth control easier

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new app launched this week allows women and teen girls to get birth control delivered to their door.
It is called the Nurx app. Thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott last month, patients can answer an online questionnaire and a Nurx doctor will write a birth control prescription based on those questions.
The app can also get in contact with insurance providers and pharmacies. For some patients with health insurance the prescription may be free. Patients who wish