The Influence Of The Affordable Care Act

Worrying about getting pregnant is a pain that everyone who is sexually active has to face, or should face. The question is, who does that burden of worrying about getting pregnant fall on. As evidence will show, women take most of the burden or responsibility when it comes to providing contraception during sex. Women have more invested when it comes to sex due to the consequences that result from failing to protect against pregnancy. Looking at the burden of contraception in four different ways, the time involved, the cost of birth control, the physical side effects of contraception, and the effect due to failure of contraception.

More than half of all women of reproductive age in the United States use some form of contraceptive (Daniels, Daugherty, and Jones, 2014). Of those, most are on the oral-contraceptive pill. Even with new regulations in place to supposedly increase access to preventive services, there is still an issue of women who are sexually active, do not wish to become pregnant within the next year, and who are not using a form of contraception. Clinician and facility based barriers are the largest deterrent for these women. By removing the barriers to contraceptive counseling and services, women will have greater access to their health.

The refusal of some health insurers to include contraceptives as a part of an insurance plan for women is one of the most contentious disagreements in the health insurance industry. Insurance plans today cover a variety of prescription drugs, however some still do not approve of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices. More than half of U.S. states insurance policies require that other prescription drugs along with the FDA approved contraceptive drugs and devices be included on their health care plans, as well as any related medical services. These services entitle, annual visits for womens recommended preventive care and services. Although depending on individual state policies, some states allow employers or insurers to refuse

This paper explores fifteen published articles that report the results from research conducted on online (database) relationships and their relationship to the scientific perspective of birth control. The articles are varying on their definitions and uses of birth control methods; they include types of birth control methods, women’s views towards birth control methods, problems with adolescent or teen pregnancies, overpopulation through unplanned pregnancies, etc. The main purpose of this paper is to make people aware of birth control options, accessibilities, and advantages and disadvantages. The major problem identified in this paper includes lack of public awareness about types of contraception and accessibilities. The solutions include

Making birth control more available will help the face of young mothers and society. Furthermore, there is conflict in the religious area of birth control. “Broad religious exemptions should not be granted to employees who oppose the policy, because taking birth control should be a woman's private decision, not made for her by her employer” “Birth Control Funding…” n.pag.) Certain religions believe in saving yourself for marriage, but a large percent of people do not believe that or do that. When their religions or religious employers make their decisions on if they can be on birth control or not, it is just not right. Women should be able to make their own decisions, and their employers should not be part of their personal decisions. Making birth control accessible for young women will help not only mothers and their children, but also America by reducing unplanned

Argument 1: The social position of low-income young women who may not be able to afford health insurance influences the likeliness of prescription contraceptive use.

Most women are currently denied prescription insurance coverage for contraceptives. At the same time, in recent years insurance companies have opted to cover drugs like Viagra, which

There was an association between contraception utilize and some socio-demographic characters. Contraception utilization was significantly increased with decreasing age of wives, occupation of wives and their husbands, higher educational level of wives and their husbands, and higher socio economic classes.

We all know Obama passed a law for the Affordable Care Act signed in March 2010 . The purpose of this law was to make health insurance morre affordable for those with little or no coverage. It mandates that insurers in the health insurance marketplace provide coverage for all FDA-approved birth control methods, including IUDs, with no copayment or coinsurance when provided in-network. Trump has been attacking everything since he has been in office and has now came for women birth control rights. Politicians need to realize that birth control makes life less stressful because it takes away the worries about unplanned or unprepared pregnancy. Birth control is not only good for pregnancy prevention but has helped us women in many other ways like alleviating cramps so we don’t have to endure pain and sometimes even stop periods for good or reduce the length and bleeding of our menstrual cycle and finally prevents women from having very big families.

My first argument as to why birth control should be more easily accessible is that most women in America are sexually active and cannot afford doctors bills and the money needed to receive birth control. On average, the rate of unwanted pregnancies would substantially decrease if birth control was in the woman’s easy

According to a report conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine, out of the 6.1 million pregnancies in 2011, 2.8 million of them were unintentional (Cunningham). It is no secret that women use contraceptives, also known as birth control, to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Whether birth control should be funded by insurance companies is a continuous debate in today’s society. This controversial topic is argued by people of different social and religious views. Women’s rights to their own body and violation of the First Amendment’s freedom of religion are arguments brought up in this ongoing debate. Birth control and other forms of contraception should be provided by employer’s health insurance in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies and non-contraceptive reasons.

groundbreaking scientific achievement of the 20th century. Despite this remarkable achievement, unsurprisingly as a nation that cherishes debate as a gateway to constructive reform, the accessibility to birth control has not ceased from being one of the many controversial topics even a century later from its creation. Yet in the midst of ongoing controversy, under the administration of former President Barack Obama, congress passed the Affordable Care Act. As a provision of the historical act, birth control would be fully covered by all insurances nationwide. This act has served as a beacon of hope for many Americans, particularly women, seeking the opportunity to limit unintended pregnancies. On the flip side, others perceive Obama’s health care reform as a cue for a series of legislation that would allow young women to access birth control on demand triggering other health concerns and young women irresponsibly freeing themselves from the responsibilities associated with engaging in sexual activity. Pertinent concerns should not be disregarded with the use of birth control. However, so long as the proper information is provided upon distribution, Birth control should be readily available on demand for young women as a preliminary step to mitigate the most pressing consequences associated with teen pregnancy such as the limitation on future opportunities.

One key way to reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies is through the implementation of comprehensive family planning programs, and increasing access to these services. The research conducted for this study compared rates of unintended pregnancy in similar countries and focused on how contraceptive and family planning care differed in those countries. Bongaarts (2014) researched how family planning programs can improve the care of patients whose reproductive health needs were not being me. Bongaarts explains that programs reduce unmet family planning needs by “reducing obstacles to use and by providing access to contraceptive methods and services…. (thus) producing a rise in the demand for contraception….”. The author goes on to explain that the implementation of family planning programs, and the increase “ modern contraceptives”

Information about birth control was only provided to 50% of young males and 60% of young females, despite more than 80% being taught comprehensive sex education (“American Teens’”).

Family planning is one of the most important choices women or couples can end up deciding on. When it comes to family planning, timing is pretty much everything. There are some instances when women have a hard time deciding if they are physically and mentally prepared to bring a child into this world. This is when pregnancy options come into play, such as whether or not to raise a child, to what birth control to take, and if abortion or adoption is an option that they might consider. However, when women are faced with that uncertainty of becoming a mother the topic of birth control is typically addressed when family planning. Throughout the ages, birth control methods have evolved in order to provide women with the ability to effectively prevent pregnancy. There are in fact many different varieties of birth control that help prevent unwanted pregnancies and that don’t ultimately interfere with the physiological changes that occur within a woman’s body. “ The variety of the available birth control methods and devices allows identification of methods of varying degrees of effectiveness, mechanism