The study’s publication online this week in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology is timely; it comes out as the U.S. Congress is debating the Title X program, the federal family planning program that serves millions of low-income women each year. Last week, House Republicans voted to cut off Planned Parenthood — many low-income women’s source for reproductive health care — from federal funding.

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), saw a 46% decline in the odds of an abortion and a 30% decrease in the odds of pregnancy when low-income women who relied on public programs for contraception received a one-year supply of birth control pills instead of the usual one- or three-month stash.

Picking up a 12-month supply in one clinic visit does away with the need for multiple clinic visits, making it easier for women to stick to their birth-control regimen. Because let’s face it: schlepping to a clinic or pharmacy each month for a new pack of pills is a pain.