Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released two new reports that show the use of birth control among women is increasing.

One of the reports shows that 11 percent of women surveyed between 2006 and 2010 had used the morning-after pill at least once during their lives, compared to 4.2 percent in 2002. The CDC also found that about 23 percent of women between the ages of 20 and 24 had used the morning-after pill at least once before.

The second CDC report shows (PDF) that of women ages 15-44 surveyed between 2006 and 2010, 99.1 percent have used some form of contraception, compared to 98.2 percent in 2002. Ninety-three percent of women have used male condoms for birth control at some point in their lives, while 82 percent have used birth control pills.

Currently, emergency contraception is available for women 17 and older without a prescription, while women under 17 are required to obtain a prescription from a health provider, according to the CDC. Some forms of birth control are now offered for free through private health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act that was signed in to law by President Obama in 2010.