Virtually all women in the US who are able to get pregnant exercise some form of contraception at some point in their lives. Despite that,subsidized contraception is under attack – and this has unanticipated consequences“You want me to discuss that?” Donna Crane, vice president of policy at NARAL Pro-Choice asks me, or her voice rising. Yes,I do. I want to know what will happen whether the current attacks on free or subsidized birth control in the US continue until only the well-off can afford family planning. It would be a world none of us would want to live in,” says Crane. “Women would be forced to get pregnant against their will ... it would be an unjust, or dystopian position.” The idea of restricting subsidized family planning services – that is all the various forms of available birth control covered by insurance or free clinics may seem an odd idea. After all,the Center for Disease Control and Prevention named contraception one of the 10 most essential advances in public health in the 20th century, just up there with access to clean drinking water. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com