Nearly 50 years after the birth control pill was introduced, opponents are still doing everything they can to block women's access to contraception. At a time when 99 percent of all sexually active women rely on birth control at some point, they want to make this basic health care controversial.

How out of touch can they get?

Despite overwhelming public support for birth control, anti-contraception lawmakers aren't backing down — in fact, they're getting even more extreme. They are determined to give employers the power to deny women coverage for contraception — and they don't want to hear from women or from anyone who disagrees with them. These legislators included five male religious leaders in the opening panel of the House hearing on the birth control coverage requirement — and not a single woman. In fact, they turned away a young woman from Georgetown University who had been invited by Democrats on the committee to testify about the role birth control plays in women's health.

Several bills have been introduced in the Senate that would let any employer deny women coverage for birth control, and similar legislation has been introduced in the House. Some lawmakers have said they are not even sure birth control should be legal.

Enough is enough: tell your representatives in Congress to reject any legislation that allows employers to block women's access to birth control.

On Friday, President Obama announced that insurance companies must provide women birth control coverage with no co-pays, no out-of-pocket costs, no matter where they work. And this coverage will be the same for religiously affiliated employers — if those employers object to birth control, insurance companies will provide coverage at no cost to the women employed there.

But anti-birth control lawmakers insist on trying to turn back the clock on women's health. Truth is, this isn't about churches, or Catholic hospitals, or the rights of any religiously affiliated employers. It's about denying women the right to the health care they need.

We need you to speak out and put an end to this unconscionable effort to give employers power over women's health decisions. Click here to take action now.

Anti-birth control lawmakers have gone much too far in their single-minded opposition to women's health. They have lost sight of a simple fact: your health care decisions should be between you and your doctor. Your boss shouldn't get to decide what's right for you or stand between you and basic health care.

This is not a complicated issue, and it shouldn't be controversial. It is long past time for Congress to move beyond the constant attacks on women's health and focus on our nation's real problems. Tell your senators and House representative to stop playing politics with women's health.