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 ecempted religious organizations and churches. In 2017 the Trump administration issued a rule that allowed a much broader set of employers to opt out of offering coverage for birth control, making moot a “workaround’’ designed by the Obama administration that allowed women in some cases to obtain coverage even if their employers had declined to offer it directly. In July 2022 the US House of Representatives passed a bill which overturned the Trump rule and protect access to contraception on a federal level. The legislation protects access to any contraceptive device, including all contraceptive products approved by the Food and Drug Administration, including intrauterine devices known as IUDs and emergency contraception such as Plan B.
@ISIDEWITH11yrs
No, the government should not decide what services a private business can provide
@ISIDEWITH11yrs
Yes, except for religious organizations and charities that oppose the use of contraception
@ISIDEWITH11yrs
No, the government should support abstinence programs instead
@ISIDEWITH11yrs
No, it should be covered like any other prescription
@5BPCT842yrs
@5C9J8TF2yrs
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.
@93YSQZ86mos
This depends on what form of birth control you are referring to. Oral combined OCPs prevent ovulation, meaning there is no released egg to be fertilized.
@4Y7NVCF2yrs
no, that's abortion.
@595QCBQ2yrs
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.
@4SV9Y482yrs
Yes. If Viagra is covered then so too should the preventative measures designed to deal with Viagra's aftermath!
@4TR5GV22yrs
No, birth control should not be allowed ever.
@4VG7CWG2yrs
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.
@4TV8GKR2yrs
If they won't cover it in their insurance premiums then they should be required to offer paid maternity leave.
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.
@4YTT9SY2yrs
Government should fund free birth control
@4XVX5VH2yrs
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.
no, birth control is murdering a human being and that action will be charged on company as well
@4WPZMYG2yrs
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.
@4Q74Y4F2yrs
Since when is birth control a "Health issue" pregnancies aren't contagious and we've never had an out break of them.
@5853BGG2yrs
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.
@58P3LFG2yrs
Yes until pro-choice is approved and no longer an issue, women should have another option.
@4S2KPQN2yrs
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"
@4RHB7FL2yrs
Yes, provided they provide paid maternity leave.
@4RH3B8F2yrs
Yes If It's For Health Reasons Not For Unprotected Sex Benefits
@4VJKTGX2yrs
Humans should only try to make babies when they are willing to so they don't need birth control.
@4WN59622yrs
Yes, birth control is a problem for a lot of Americans. Especially since we have no control of our population as children don't practice safe sex. From sexually transmitted diseases to unplanned births. I believe that the prerequisite to receive free birth control though are preliminary screenings to ensure that those that take birth control understand that birth control is not 100% and that choosing abstinence is always a better choice.
@4TKDPJN2yrs
No, single males or parents who are too old to have children have no need for these services. By having the health insurance providers require this service increases the cost of the service.
@4RHT3DP2yrs
Yes, birth control is a medical necessity for many women, and Insurance companies should not be allowed to push their "morality" on the general public.
@8QN8L652yrs
@4SJQQCF2yrs
Yes, some people have PCOS and need it to survive
@594VXT22yrs
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.)
@529MMQZ2yrs
Yes but make women pay higher premiums
@5DWWQBG2yrs
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.
@57QKVZ52yrs
Yes - it could possibly reduce the number of families on welfare, abortions and unwanted children who ultimately wind up in prison.
@5FGFSHP2yrs
It should be covered for people below the poverty line.
@4Q5L7392yrs
Yes, if they also cover vasectomies.
@4VJHNNK2yrs
Yes, Condoms should also be free.
@57L5JCZ2yrs
birth control and surgeries such as vasectomies and hysterectomy.
Yes! Until poverty, child abuse and therefore potential to be educated sufficiently is successfully addressed, birth control needs to be very easily accessed. An educated mind is a less emotional and impulsive mind. I think it should be available ALSO OTC but kept/stored behind the pharmacy counter.
@58P2ZJS2yrs
America should stop being so barbaric and implement free health care
@4WQLTK92yrs
Carpet bomb birth control on low-income areas
@5KSSZW32yrs
No, health insurance should not give out birth control at all
@4VGVQ7F2yrs
Yes, population growth is out of control and is an existential threat to humanity.
@52TPJ932yrs
If you need help with birth control...first lesson-close your damn legs
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