It's 2016 and birth control and other contraceptives are still seen as a taboo in many communities. Without health insurance a monthly supply of inexpensive birth control can run you more than $75. It is ridiculous. If not free, then it should at least be much cheaper. It keeps those who are not ready to be parents stay baby free. Without birth control the need for abortions, whether legal or not, would sky rocket.
It is incredibly ironic that those who condemn any kind of abortion usually also see contraceptives as a negative. We are telling people that it is wrong to abort a child and it is also wrong to take extra precautions to stay from conceiving. Why are so many people so contempt on controlling when and how others have sex. More affordable and available forms of birth control can help keep the cost down of money spent on welfare for teenagers that had children too early.
Others complain that this would be a bad idea. Some say that birth control is not considered healthcare. Seeing that it is a medical prescription meant to alter the body for medical reasons, I don't see how that is so. Others have the same old incredibly naïve statement that if you don't want to be pregnant than don't have sex. Sex is what people do, period. Science has made a way for modern men and women to have a sex life without the consequences that could greatly change their life. As usual this debate is centered around making women feel guilty for wanting to enjoy their sexual freedom without having to put everything on hold to become a mother. As if there are no men involved in these acts. Making birth control at least more affordable and more available can only improve society.
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