Global Warming Should Be On Birth Control

For over 50 years birth control has been available to women but only through prescription. There are many women that don’t have health insurance, aren’t able to go to a clinic, or are too young and don’t have parental permission, hindering those who want to receive a prescription for birth control. Most people can easily access male/female condoms at nearly any local store. You can even purchase a “morning after” pill, known as Plan B, without a prescription. So why not sell oral contraceptives to women over the counter? Selling birth control over the counter can better help provide many health benefits for women, decrease teen pregnancy and abortion rates, and even save taxpayers money.

Women have been using birth control methods for over thousands of years. Today, we have various effective birth control methods available to woman. Such as the pill, patch, shot, or IUD. Birth control is a safe way to prevent pregnancy. You can purchase birth control at your doctor’s office, planned parenthood, a clinic, or a public health care provider. They will first discuss your medical history with you, then check your blood pressure and finally you will discuss which birth control method is right for you, and they will send you on your way with your prescription. Birth control can be purchased at your local drugstore and costs up to 50 dollars. In a lot of cases though, young girls and even older women cannot afford or access these types of birth control. There are concerns about being unemployed which results in no income coming in for birth control, lack of health insurance the woman may have and whether or not the woman can afford having a child, even more during an economic crisis. By having women’s birth control free it will not only decrease the chances of abortion, help women financially , help with women’s menstrual cycle, and also by lowering the teen pregnancy rate, and having them have the power to decide when they want to have children. Many people can argue that the government shouldn’t have to provide another free service and that the cost

We live in a democracy. Every four years the people of America have the opportunity of voting for someone who best represents their political views and who they feel is best fit to run our country. Whoever is elected into office, has the power of implementing policies and regulations to help run the country smoother. Under the Obama administration, birth control is covered by all insurance companies with exceptions. However, under Trump 's administration they are making plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that has the potential of not allowing full or partial coverage of birth control. This an issue that has plagued the woman’s community whose intentions of contractive use is not solely based off of the reason, to try and

The contraceptive coverage in the new Health Care law makes preventative care more accessible and affordable to millions of Americans. This is particularly important for women who are more likely to avoid the cost of contraceptives because of cost. To help address these barriers in terms of cost and ensure that all women have access to preventative Health Care Act, all new private insurance plan that covers a wide range of preventative services such as breast x-rays, pap smears smoking prevention and contraception without co-payments or requirements for sharing other costs. The current problem is that the Affordable Care Act is imposing on the 500 store chains of Hobby Lobby’s religious rights by forcing the company to provide full coverage of contraceptives of the 13,000 workers as part of its health care plans. David Green and family, whom founded Hobby Lobby, believe that the healthcare act is violating their held religious convictions.

Birth control has been a controversial topic since the 1960’s, when the pill arose on the scene and gained popularity. Men and women of certain religious faiths have sought to prevent other women from using birth control. However, most women want to be able to choose when the time is right for them to have a child. This is why birth control is essential, because it allows women and couples in general the freedom to choose and plan their families. In many cases the need to control women by controlling their access to birth control goes all the way to the federal government. The federal government determines what types of birth control are allowed on the market and who has access to them. Some Presidential administrations look more kindly

In the United States 50% of pregnancies are unplanned. Is birth control not easy enough to get? Since 1960 the birth control pill has been approved for contraceptive use. However, women haven't been able to get a hold of the contraceptive without a doctor's prescription. The law has been the same since the pill came out, shouldn't their be a change? The distribution of birth control pills behind the counter would be beneficial to many women's lives. The pill being more easy to get would make busy women's lives easier, as they wouldn't have to go to the doctor to get the prescription. This form of contraceptive is also safe with little to no side effects with more benefits. The biggest thing that the pill would change is prevention of unplanned pregnancy, but money is holding all of this back.

One of the most hotly debated and legally challenged aspects of the Affordable Care Act has been the contraceptive coverage or the birth control mandate. It mandates the healthcare plan providers to cover the costs of at least one type of the 18 FDA approved preventive contraceptive services/birth control measures to women without copays or shared costs. Although initially employers were required to provide health plans covering contraceptive services to their employees, it was later clarified that certain religious employers including but not limited to religious non-profit organizations, hospitals, educational institutions etc. can opt out of providing birth control/contraceptive services

Of the number of women who obtain contraception care at clinics, more than one-third of them use Planned Parenthood (Marcus). With the removal of these services, there would be a drastic increase in the number of unplanned pregnancies. Each year, Planned Parenthood prevents an estimated 516,000 unexpected pregnancies (Strickland). Not only would the number of unplanned pregnancies increase, but the awareness of sexual education would decrease, as Planned Parenthood provides sex education to 1.5 million people each year (Strickland). While it is easy to assume that women would be able to get access elsewhere, it is simply not feasible. The magnitude at which Planned Parenthood extends its services would not easily be matched. The inability to provide contraception to the women who would go unprovided would create a detrimental problem in the government that is trying to defund the

The ACA was enacted to increase the affordability as well as the quality of health insurance for United States citizens nationwide. Specifically, some of its services include providing preventive services including contraception, abortion, STD screenings and related education and counseling.Since contraceptive regulations have been implemented in our society following the Affordable Care Act, over 100 nonprofit (mainly) religious organizations have challenged the contraceptive coverage requirement. These non profits claim that even the accommodation (for provision of contraceptives to employees) is morally wrong and burdens their religious

With the help of such an act, many health insurance providers must cover birth control costs. In regard to employers paying for birth control, the idea has been already turned down by the Supreme court case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores. “Hobby Lobby [is known as a] for-profit arts and crafts store chain that employs more than 13,000 individuals. It sued the government for infringement of its right to exercise religious freedom under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The company brought suit in order to limit the contraceptive coverage made available on the insurance plan it provides employees” (Light). Therefore, if an employer found birth control to be a violation of their beliefs, an employer would not be forced to cover it. Many Americans disagreed with this policy prior to the Supreme Court case; however, the Hobby Lobby stores still continued despite the public’s opinion (Light). Even though employer coverage cannot be amended upon, the Affordable Care Act does help many Americans that do suffer through financial

One of the highlighted provisions within the Affordable Care Act of 2010 was the coverage for all FDA approved forms of contraception without a co-pay. For many patients, this was able to eliminate a financial barrier. However, the largest barriers remain with the clinicians who provide contraception to patients. In a 2014 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “unnecessary medical procedures” were cited as barriers to accessing contraception. Among these were pelvic examinations, routine pregnancy testing, HIV screening, and cervical cytology exams. Notably, there are some instances, as listed out in the United States Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (USMEC), which would require

Despite the fact that abortion gains so much attention, Planned Parenthood does a lot for birth control. According to their website, the company provides six different types of birth control. These various contraception methods are proving that birth control is still an important part of society, no matter what else is happening. By providing six different contraception types, women are given a range of options that allows them to be comfortable with what they choose, safe, and happy. In an article from besider.org titled “A tale of two birth control implants”, author Connor Davies recounted the experience she had with her birth control implant. Davies stated in her first sentence “[c]hoosing to get my first birth control implant was one of the best decisions I have ever made… I had three blissful, worry-free, baby-free, mostly-period-free years of birth control with the Implanon implant.” Many women are happy with their birth control, and it is completely unrelated to the drama unfolding with the birth control. While the media continues to focus their attention on the controversy, it is important to remember that the birth control aspect is a separate and successful part of Planned Parenthood. Not only that, the birth control is fulfilling Sanger’s goal in life. Sanger was “speaking for the millions of women who are crushed with over

At the end of the day, people go to Hobby Lobby to buy arts and crafts, not to partake in a practice of a certain religion. If Hobby Lobby wanted to still express their religious beliefs and follow the Affordable Care Act, then they could have purchased contraceptives themselves and have employees to pay for them. Hobby Lobby could have simply issued them by putting them in the employees’ bathrooms at a certain base price. Most importantly, if Hobby Lobby truly cared about the wellbeing of their employees, then they could have referred them to a place where contraceptives are available at low prices or could have simply given them a discount, since they are required by law to provide them in one way, shape, or form. In my opinion not all contraceptives are stopping life as soon as it is created; for example, condoms are a form of contraceptives that are a preventative, but does not end life at conception. Finally, it is not up to the Greens to play God, because at the end of the end of the day people have free will, and should have free

In the beginning of August 2012, President Barack Obama and his administration had implemented a policy where most health insurance plans will cover will cover women’s preventive services, including contraception, without charging a co-pay or deductible under the Affordable Care Act (“Fact Sheet”, 2012). Women were provided contraceptive services no matter where she worked, including birth control pills, IUD, Nexplanon, and more. If a woman works for a religious employer that objects on providing contraceptive services, the religious employer will not be required to provide but her insurance company will be required to directly offer her contraceptive care free of charge (“Fact Sheet”, 2012). Recently, under the Trump administration,

Health care and what people are legally allowed to do with their bodies have created controversy galore throughout history. A particular point of debate is the topic of birth control and the government. A dangerous couple, it raises the question of who should have control over contraceptive laws and what controls involving them should be put in place? Currently, under the Obama Administration, the Affordable Care Act and “Obamacare” have been created. One of the sections of this new plan creates a mandate which requires private businesses to provide insurance that covers birth control costs. The government should not be able to force businesses, and therefore the American people, to pay for birth control via health insurance because it