Should Contaceptives Be Free?
Contaceptives by definition is a drug or device that prevents pregnancy. During the Obama Administration the Affordable Care Act called for free birth control, however the current administration under Trump are trying to do away with this.
Preventative services (birth control) does has health benefits for example women that take "the pill" have a decreases chance of getting cancer, helps with uterine fibroides, and heavy menstural bleeding. Why would we want to take this away from our women? Also this pill prevents women who accidentally get pregnant from having to make the hard decision of what they are going to do with this baby. Do we want more abortions? Do we want more children in orphanages or poor living condition? Obviously not. With that being said having free contraceptives in place for women to prevent an unintended/unwanted pregnancy is something we need to keep around!
I know what some of you are thinking..."Well if you don't want to get pregnant then don't have sex." Let's be real, do you really think men and women are going to stop having sex just because they don't want a child? They won't. Also, we should not have to ask them to stop doing that either.
Millions of pregnancies a year are unplanned! And the cost of caring for these children are high. In 2010 the government spent $21 billion on unintended pregnancies. This is one of the main reasons that the government should be providing the most effective contraceptives for free. They are good for our women and more cost effective in the long run for the government.
Here is another article I used to reference and also that supports free contraceptives.
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Recently I read a blog written by Hannah Chapman. The blog was titled, Should Contraceptives Be Free? In the blog Hannah explains how the Obama administration provided free birth control under the Affordable Care Act. She also goes on to explain that her worries are that Trump will take away this convenience for Women. This blog interested me because the author gives some very compelling reasons why birth control should be covered.
I recently reviewed a blog that was written over the same topic. The blog was titled, “Contraception Should Be Covered by Insurance” This blog differed greatly in the fact that the author seemed to portray birth control as a miracle drug that allowed women to be more successful, and without it they wouldn’t finish school or get good jobs. For me this concept seemed to be far-fetched and placed too much power on birth control and not enough on personal responsibility.
Unlike that blog, Hannah paints a much different picture for why birth control should be free. First she explains some health benefits of using birth control, which include having a decreased chance of getting cancer, helps with uterine fibroids, and heavy menstrual bleeding. After reading these benefits I decided to research and see if Hannah’s claims were true. Per Planned Parenthood, all the benefits listed are a true benefit of taking birth control. Next the blog explains how birth control can help prevent unwanted pregnancies. I find this to be a big benefit of birth control. I along with Hannah understand that men and women will continue to have unprotected sex no matter the risk involved. The blog also states that millions of pregnancies a year are unplanned. The truth is almost 50% of all pregnancies are unplanned and of those, over 40% end in abortion. Lower economical areas with higher minorities result in the highest number of unplanned pregnancies.
Based on the information provided, I think it is easy to see why birth control should remain free. I think that Hannah provided a very clear argument and I agree with her view on this matter. Taking away free birth control could increase unplanned pregnancies and cost the Government millions of dollars. I especially feel like it is the responsibility of the Government to provide this kind of service to lower economical areas and minorities, as an effort to reduce the hardship an unplanned birth can cause.
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