On August 1st, 2012 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) required all health insurers and employers to cover the cost of contraceptives in their health insurance plans. The provision currently exempts religious organizations and churches.
@69Q4MGHLibertarian12mos
Yes until pro-choice is approved and no longer an issue, women should have another option.
@5Z8PWDGRepublican12mos
All teenage girls should be given IUDs by the government.
Yes. If Viagra is covered then so too should the preventative measures designed to deal with Viagra's aftermath!
Yes. I believe it should.. the number one seller in America is sex and if it's going to continue that way than I believe it should be offered free to the people who feel the need to be on BC... Especially in teens nowadays. It can stop the abortion rate to an extent.
No, because birth control kills a life that has just been made. The second that an egg is fertilized, a baby is created, and it is alive. Using birth control is killing a baby. It is no better than abortion.
@5VS6HW3Republican12mos
No, birth control should not be allowed ever.
While I agree with the answer "No, the government should not decide what services a private business can provide" I do think that the government themselves should offer free contraceptives. They could do this through a facility similar to Planned Parenthood but government owned and operated.
@5R96BRNRepublican12mos
Just make it over the counter (and hence more affordable) like many other countries do.
@5Z4MKH2Independent12mos
No, because I don't want my insurance company deciding what type of birth control I should use.
Nothing's free. Someone would have to pay for it in their premiums. And health insurance should be a catastrophe coverage not a life style, wellness visits should not be included. When your car needs a tune up the insurance doesn't pay for it, you do. Check ups do not need to be covered by insurance but you should have it when something the tragic happens. Insurance companies are not your advocate. They are just a business that bets that you won't get sick and the premium they charge is their profit they make when the don't payout claims. They're not your friend.
@5SGJMDCRepublican12mos
This is a prescription, and should be treated as one. Schools should not be able to offer free birth control unless the person is 18 years old - takes parenting away from the parents and moves parenting to the government.
Yes, but they should also help people understand the power of abstinence.
Yes, because religious organizations and churches are tax exempt by law, which means that public tax money is indirectly covering for religions that not all payers believe in
yes, but with a higher deductible for those that plan to get pregnant.
Yes, population growth is out of control and is an existential threat to humanity.
@5V229DKRepublican12mos
People should not be allowed to reproduce unless they prove themselves worthy.
Temporarily sterilize all youth.
@649V2DKRepublican12mos
condoms yes but artificial hormones no
If insurance companies cover Viagra, they should provide the same benefit for birth control.
birth control is poison
Yes! We make such a big deal about pro-life, but won't give birth control to people who need it. If a person can't afford birth control every month, do you really think that they can afford a child? People are going to have sex. It's natural and in our DNA, but we are smart enough creatures that we can get our fix without having a child. Religion says all these things about it, but religion should have nothing to do with you insurance or government.
@5WH8DXHRepublican12mos
If free birth control, then free ED drugs for men. Only free birth control for women is discrimination against men who have to pay for a limited amount of prescription drug.
@6K3ZXBBRepublican12mos
If pregnancy is treated as an illness then all forms of pre fertilization birth control should be considered preventive care and covered under the insurances preventative care policies. These policies do. Or need to be the same for all companies.
If they won't cover it in their insurance premiums then they should be required to offer paid maternity leave.
@5ZVVBTZRepublican12mos
Government should fund free birth control
Yes, depending solely on the fact that there should be SOME sort of population control, especially considering that younger people are half the time uneducated/get tangled with emotions that coerce their decisions, such as having a child young and not being able to provide.
@6CMX89ZRepublican12mos
no, birth control is murdering a human being and that action will be charged on company as well
Publicly funded abortion and contraception should be more widely available. Planned Parenthood's funding should be increased and more governments should adopt policies that discourage population growth.
No because then girls can have sex all the time without any worry and then they get an STD and they don't make a pill called "STD control"
@63VQKB4Republican12mos
If you need help with birth control...first lesson-close your damn legs
Carpet bomb birth control on low-income areas
@5TPWPK5Republican12mos
No, why should a retired 65 year old woman have to pay for birth control or pregnancy on her insurance.
No, because it makes teens think they can have sex any time they want because of birth control pills.
@5VNKXLMRepublican12mos
Yes, some people have PCOS and need it to survive
What's so hard about buying your own birth control? is it that expensive? If it is then don't have sex. You have hands.(unless you don't then I dearly apologize for being insensitive.)
@63BNNS2Constitution12mos
Yes but make women pay higher premiums
I feel that if more insurance providers did this the birth rate may slow down and give us the ability to have less children in homes, less use for abortion, and advance the chances of more high school graduates.
Yes - it could possibly reduce the number of families on welfare, abortions and unwanted children who ultimately wind up in prison.
@6GHGTJQRepublican12mos
It should be covered for people below the poverty line.
Yes, if they also cover vasectomies.
Yes, Condoms should also be free.
@5R85Z5GConstitution12mos
Since when is birth control a "Health issue" pregnancies aren't contagious and we've never had an out break of them.
Yes, while birth control is sinful, it is better than abortions, and you can't do much more than that in a sexually saturated society.
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