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free birth control coming (not that we need it!)

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https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/health/7272148.html

From a purely financial standpoint, it makes sense.  Paying for people's BC has got to be cheaper than paying for unwanted, unplanned pregnancies through welfare & medicaid. 

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    loblob
    Seriously. I never understood why family planning wasn't free to anyone who wanted it.
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    ShannonSkyShannonSky member
    Isn't it already? I mean, not through the gov't, but I'm pretty sure my brother's gf gets hers free from Planned Parenthood. 
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    Isn't it already? I mean, not through the gov't, but I'm pretty sure my brother's gf gets hers free from Planned Parenthood. 

    True, but Planned Parenthood is a private, non-profit organization, who I believe, gets their funding through private donations.  I think we're arguing that it should be a government sponsored.

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    mac&chipmac&chip
    It's about freaking time.
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    ShannonSkyShannonSky member
    imagelob:

    imageShannonSky:
    Isn't it already? I mean, not through the gov't, but I'm pretty sure my brother's gf gets hers free from Planned Parenthood. 

    True, but Planned Parenthood is a private, non-profit organization, who I believe, gets their funding through private donations.  I think we're arguing that it should be a government sponsored.

    I'm just wondering if we'd really see a difference in unplanned pregnancy rates, though - if it's already pretty widely available and for low or no cost, will making it gov't sponsored really make more people pursue it? I feel like those people who would want/need free bc are probably already getting it.

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    imageShannonSky:
    imagelob:

    imageShannonSky:
    Isn't it already? I mean, not through the gov't, but I'm pretty sure my brother's gf gets hers free from Planned Parenthood. 

    True, but Planned Parenthood is a private, non-profit organization, who I believe, gets their funding through private donations.  I think we're arguing that it should be a government sponsored.

    I'm just wondering if we'd really see a difference in unplanned pregnancy rates, though - if it's already pretty widely available and for low or no cost, will making it gov't sponsored really make more people pursue it? I feel like those people who would want/need free bc are probably already getting it.

    You have a point, but I guess what I am arguing is that it is not right that concerned citizens are paying for this, instead of the govt. 

    I personally feel as though I owe PP a couple of hundred of dollars because they paid for my BCP a year when I had no insurance. 

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    imagelob:

    imageShannonSky:
    Isn't it already? I mean, not through the gov't, but I'm pretty sure my brother's gf gets hers free from Planned Parenthood. 

    True, but Planned Parenthood is a private, non-profit organization, who I believe, gets their funding through private donations.  I think we're arguing that it should be a government sponsored.

    I'm just wondering if we'd really see a difference in unplanned pregnancy rates, though - if it's already pretty widely available and for low or no cost, will making it gov't sponsored really make more people pursue it? I feel like those people who would want/need free bc are probably already getting it.

    Gov't covering this would make it far more wide-spread and available. For many in this state, the closest PP is over an hour away. How many low income women are going to travel an hour for pills? Not many.

    Gov't intervention in this could make it where going to their local doctor and pharmacy for free birth control is an option- where now it is not.

    There is also the issue that PP doesn't offer everything free of charge- if you have income, you will owe money. It's not free to everyone.

     

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    Kristen0530Kristen0530 member
    imagekdodge423:

    Gov't covering this would make it far more wide-spread and available. For many in this state, the closest PP is over an hour away. How many low income women are going to travel an hour for pills? Not many.

    Gov't intervention in this could make it where going to their local doctor and pharmacy for free birth control is an option- where now it is not.

    There is also the issue that PP doesn't offer everything free of charge- if you have income, you will owe money. It's not free to everyone.

     

    There's only 2 PPs in my whole state. That can be a 4+ hour drive for some people. Plus, I don't know how income sensitive they really are. A friend of mine is in school and has no job. They wanted $300 for a pap and depo shot.

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    meganrunsmeganruns member
    Very interesting article - thanks for sharing OP.  I'm curious to see where this argument goes in November.  As if I needed even more political banter to concern myself with ;)
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    PachitaPachita member

    I totally agree. Even when I was in college, I totally was for free birth control for everybody ---in just in the USA. 

    Even though we don't need it right now...I still will find myself taking BCP after having a baby.  So I'd like it to be free. 

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    TanyaKMTanyaKM
    imagekdodge423:

    Gov't covering this would make it far more wide-spread and available. For many in this state, the closest PP is over an hour away. How many low income women are going to travel an hour for pills? Not many.

    Gov't intervention in this could make it where going to their local doctor and pharmacy for free birth control is an option- where now it is not.

    There is also the issue that PP doesn't offer everything free of charge- if you have income, you will owe money. It's not free to everyone. 

    This! There is no Planned Parenthood anywhere near the town where I live in Texas. I think it's a fabulous thing and should have happened along time ago.  

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    imagemac&chip:
    It's about freaking time.

    This was, word-for-word, the first thing that came to my mind.  It's not even covered by most insurance companies.  I have fantastic insurance (one of the perks of being a public school teacher), and the only reason they covered mine was because my doctor had it approved to control my menstrual cramps.

    I never understood why insurance companies would rather pay for people's unplanned pregnancies, and healthcare for the children that result from them, instead of a measly pill every day.

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    imageFyreFry5:

    imagemac&chip:
    It's about freaking time.

    I never understood why insurance companies would rather pay for people's unplanned pregnancies, and healthcare for the children that result from them, instead of a measly pill every day.

    Or why insurance companies will cover viagra, but not birth control pills.

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