Planned Parenthood Supports Over-The-Counter Birth Control, But Only Alongside Obamacare's Contraceptive Mandate

Planned Parenthood Supports Over-The-Counter Birth Control, But Only Alongside Obamacare's Contraceptive Mandate: "Every medical authority agrees that birth control is advantageous to both individual women and society at large. The easier it is for women to prevent unintended pregnancies, the better they are able to control their bodies, take care of their health, and protect the well-being of their families.  It is precisely for this reason that the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate, which stipulates coverage of contraceptives with no out-of-pocket or copay cost for the patient, was created on the recommendation of the nonpartisan Institute of Medicine."

Reasonable people who seek to improve women’s health by providing coverage of basic preventive health care are left scratching their heads.  Every dollar spent in helping women avoid pregnancies they do not want saves $6 in Medicaid expenditures that otherwise would be needed, according to the Guttmacher Institute.



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