A Government Threat to Birth Control

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I feel as though the debate of abortion will never end and I believe I am correct in this. The goal of the politicians and doctors should be that abortion is never a necessary option. This being said, some low dose birth control pills may be viewed as a form of birth control by few, but according to the Guttmacher Institute, 88% of women support access to it. I respect every individual's moral opinion, especially when it is concerning birth control, but when a woman comes to a physician for help; is refusing her aid that not a moral decision as well? If a doctor represents their personal values this is completely acceptable, however, not providing the woman with information of where she can receive the medical attention she needs is extremely unacceptable. This being said, the 88% of women who want to use birth control pills as a form of not only effective birth control but as a way to soothe hormonal imbalances such as irregular periods, acne, weight fluctuation, or painful menstrual cramps; should have this right. If the government steps in and takes this away the rate of unwanted pregnancies and strain on well-beings, relationships, and lives would increase drastically. These are women's rights and I commend Secretary Clinton and all the others who have voiced their agreement with allowing birth control pills to stay available for those who need it. Low dose birth control pill is not about causing abortion; it is about preventing it.

Aislyn G. of SC 8:27PM January 11, 2011

I have had Mirena for 2 years now and i have had no side affects. My doctor was very informative and explained to me all of the side effects and sent me home with tons of brochures and articles to read (both good and bad). There is a chance of something going wrong with anuything you place in your body that you were not born with. Be educated when you make your choice look at both sides of the coin not just the side your being shown!!!

Apryl of NY 10:09AM September 18, 2010

I do NOT recommend this to anyone. Would you allow a dr to put a pesticide in your body? How about your child's?
http://www.virginiahopkinstestkits.com/mirenareport.html
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/mirena-awareness-part-ii/

lindsay of NC 6:09PM August 24, 2010

I had my daughter in 2005 and a month later my doctor put in the Mirena IUD birth control which medicaid paid for and next month my 5 years will be up and it has to be removed. I highly recommend the Mirena IUD as a form of birth control because it has worked great for me and I've had no problems at all from it. I went today for my yearly physical and the doctor told me that medicaid don't pay for them to remove the IUD so he told me to contact my health deparment and they can't remove it because they didn't put it in. After getting furious with the doctor's office I called the South Carolina medicaid office and the lady told me that because of legislation now medicaid will not cover the cost of removing the Mirena IUD unless I choose another form of birth control to use. I read in this article that people don't think the Mirena oppresses ovulation and that eggs are being released and women end up pregnant. That's not true because I've had it for 5 years and I've never ended up pregnant and if any woman does than it means the doctor didn't insert it correctly.
I plan to find ways to protest legislation for not allowing medicaid to cover the cost of Mirena IUD birth control because I believe in birth control and this is a great form of it unless a woman has a medical history that doesn't qualify for it. If women don't want to become pregnant and have babies than they need good forms of birth control or they need to stop having sex. I'm totally against abortion because that's murder and there's ways to prevent pregnancy if legislation will stop taking our rights to have birth control methods. Unless a woman has been raped or has medical problems that's a risk to her life and a fetus than that's the only way I agree on abortion but if they want an abortion just because they don't want the baby than they should've thought about that before they have unprotected sex.

Stacy Elliott of SC 4:29PM April 19, 2010

so many young women are not ready for having kids! WE NEED THE PILL

JOHN of TX 11:35AM April 15, 2010

I'm 22 years old with a two year old son. I cannot afford another child, so I take birth control pills. If my birth control is taken away and I end up pregnant, I will have an abortion. Pro lifers are going too far. I've never had an abortion and I never want one but that would be my only option because I will not let a stranger raise my child, only 1% of women give away their children, taking away bc and causing accidental pregnancies won't raise that number.

Denise of CA 4:00PM February 20, 2010

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hotel tuerkei of 4:58PM January 31, 2010

I am a Conservative very much against restrictions on birth control, even "morning after" methods. How are we going to lower the abortion rate if we restrict birth control? Preaching abstinence just plain doesn't work.

Freedom Pundit of TN 10:06AM January 24, 2010