The Effects Of Birth Control On Health Care

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

The Affordable Care Act requires health insurance providers—including both health insurance companies and companies that administer self-insured employer health plans on behalf of the employer (third party administrators)—to provide certain preventative services to women without cost. 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-13(a)(4) (2015). Congress delegated the task of deciding which kinds of preventative care would be provided to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). In making its determination, HRSA consulted the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which ultimately decided that insurers must provide “coverage without cost sharing” for “[a]ll Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education

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

Over the centuries, women have tried a number of methods to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Some of the pregnancy control measures that existed before the invention of the pill included abstinence and withdrawal. Unfortunately, such methods often failed to prevent unintended pregnancies. As such, birth control advocates continued researching for effective birth control methods. Americans did not meet the idea of birth control methods with enthusiasm. In fact, those who advocated the use of birth control devices experienced challenges, including being jailed.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its mandate regarding contraception has been the center of contention since the United States Supreme Court decided to go forward with the case in 2013. The initial mandate in question instructed establishments to include and or make available all forms of contraception. Additionally, the employee’s individual health care plan was to provide the contraception at no cost so as not to impose an additional burden. Then again, particular forms of birth control conflict with the beliefs of many of the for-profit corporations represented in the case. However, some corporations have voiced

These medical necessities aside, women should not only have the right to decide when they can get pregnant, but they should have the ability to do so. The decision shouldn’t be left up to politicians and prelates. This choice should be a necessary right in these progressive times. Recently the Affordable Care Act has been under attack by certain groups of people who feel that contraception is not the responsibility of government insurance providers.

One of the many purposes of birth control is to avoid unwanted pregnancies. In this day and age the decision to take birth control should be a mere right and not a debate, but society has still not fully accepted the use of birth control even though “ninety-eight percent of women use birth control at some point in their lives” (Milligan, 2014, p. 3). Birth control has unfortunately earned a negative stigma because it allows women to have sex without getting pregnant and that is frowned upon throughout parts of society. Some members of society have even compared the use of birth control to abortion. Women who choose to take birth control should not be judged and the use of birth control amongst women should no longer be considered disgraceful. The reliable access to birth control should be made available to all women no matter their race, age, and class.

A total of 730,322 abortions were reported from the Centers for Disease Control in 2011. This could easily be resolved with proper usage of birth control. But the fact of the matter is that only 62% of women are actually using proper birth control, now this may seem like a lot of women, but there is 158.6 million women in the United States alone so 58.5 million are currently not on any birth control which is a huge amount of women. Birth control needs to be free and accessible, because the benefits of having women on birth control easily outweigh any of the cons that may come. My goal for this paper is to talk about the pros of having free and accessible birth control, which would be lower abortion rate, lower teenage pregnancy rate, and the many health benefits. I will also touch on the opposing side of this argument, which will be that, it will be too expensive, that abstinence is key, and that if birth control became free and accessible women would no longer go the doctor.

First and foremost, those in support contend that complete insurance coverage ensures equality. In December of 2000 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission passed a ruling that if an employer ceased to provide insurance coverage for contraception yet covered prescribed drugs such as Viagra, this constituted as “sex discrimination" according to Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act ("Birth Control Funding:" 3). This ruling, proponents claim, is evidence that insurance companies ought to ensure equal grounds. Furthermore, some contenders claim mandated coverage would reduce the number of abortions and unplanned pregnancies. In fact, a 2006 Institute of Medicine government survey reported that half of the 2001 pregnancies in the United States were not intended, and “some 40%” of those pregnancies, led to abortions ("Birth Control Funding:" 5). As a result of these statistics, many advocates feel that without insurance covered contraception the number of abortions is at risk. Lastly, supporters emphasize the idea that contraception provides governmental benefits. A study from the Guttmacher Institute reports that a contraception mandate would generate "11.1 billion dollars" in savings ("Birth Control Funding:" 5). Reports like these lead many supporters to believe that such savings could be funded back into the system. Therefore, based on a need for equality, a reduction in abortions and

Not to mention, the cost of birth control when not covered by insurance is extremely costly. Birth control should be free for women because most women cannot afford yearly birth control or their insurance will not cover it completely. Since there have been so many studies confirming how beneficial birth control is for a woman’s health, they should not have to pay such costly prices in order to prevent life changing illnesses.

61 million women around America are at risk for their rights being restricted. Despite the improvements of access to birth control, led by Barack Obama, the recently elected president, Donald Trump, seeks to repeal these actions and ban birth control. It is important to keep birth control legal because of its impacts on the U.S. economy, the restriction of women’s right to choose, and health benefits of birth control.

According to Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, “For some women, going to a health care provider to obtain a prescription stands in the way of using birth control” (Bixby Center). Having birth control over the counter would reduce gaps in use and potentially increase the number of women taking contraceptives. If women were able to have access to over the counter contraceptives there would be an 11 to 21 percent increase in women taking birth control. With easier access and more women taking contraceptives the rate of accidental pregnancies in the United States could decrease to up to 25%. Reducing accidental pregnancies with over the counter birth control will, in turn, reduce the number of abortions with a large portion of the women who receive abortions do so because of an unwanted pregnancy.

Thank you for your informative debate regarding Medicaid funding for birth control. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 249,078 babies in 2014 were born to women aged 15–19 years, for a birth rate of 24.2 per 1,000 women in this age group (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Certain economic measures, including income, employment rates, and adolescents’ education have negatively impacted teenage birthrates (Lou & Thomas, 2015). According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in 2013 there were 265,370 teenage childbirth hospital stays, which amounted to $1.1 billion in hospital costs (Fingar and Hambrick, 2016). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), established

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

According to Professor Janet E. Smith, “98% of all women ages 15-44 have used some type of birth control.” Birth control is not something most women think hard about taking. In today’s society, many people rather take the easy way out of most situations. Instead of dealing with short term pain they rather seize it immediately without paying attention to the long-term effects. Birth Control is used for many different reasons such as preventing pregnancy, clearing acne and stopping heavy blood flow. Once women see what good it does for them they do not even pay attention to the bad, which is where those long-term effects come in. Some harmful side effects of birth control are weight gain, heavy bleeding, and Osteoporosis. Just like any other medication it can be helpful and harmful but in this case birth control is more harmful to a woman’s body than it is helpful.