Recently I read a blog written by Hannah Chapman. The blog
was titled, Should Contraceptives Be Free? In the blog Hannah explains how the
Obama administration provided free birth control under the Affordable Care Act.
She also goes on to explain that her worries are that Trump will take away this
convenience for Women. This blog interested me because the author gives some
very compelling reasons why birth control should be covered.
I recently reviewed a blog that was written over the same
topic. The blog was titled, “Contraception Should Be Covered by Insurance” This
blog differed greatly in the fact that the author seemed to portray birth
control as a miracle drug that allowed women to be more successful, and without
it they wouldn’t finish school or get good jobs. For me this concept seemed to
be far-fetched and placed too much power on birth control and not enough on
personal responsibility.
Unlike that blog, Hannah paints a much different picture for
why birth control should be free. First she explains some health benefits of
using birth control, which include having a decreased chance of getting cancer,
helps with uterine fibroids, and heavy menstrual bleeding. After reading these
benefits I decided to research and see if Hannah’s claims were true. Per
Planned Parenthood, all the benefits listed are a true benefit of taking birth
control. Next the blog explains how birth control can help prevent unwanted
pregnancies. I find this to be a big benefit of birth control. I along with
Hannah understand that men and women will continue to have unprotected sex no
matter the risk involved. The blog also states that millions of pregnancies a
year are unplanned. The truth is almost 50% of all pregnancies are unplanned and of those, over 40% end in abortion. Lower economical areas with higher
minorities result in the highest number of unplanned pregnancies.
