Today the Institute of Medicine recommended that birth control (prescription types) be made available without a copay.
I can understand why many people support this.
I do not use prescription birth control - in my whole adult life, I may have used the pill for a week. I do not like drugs - really.
That being said, I am in no way against birth control. When I heard this on the news today, I had a aha moment.
With the exception of condoms, women are fully responsible for the purchase of birth control and if they do not have the money - they must rely on the man to accept wearing a condom or use the rhythm method, to prevent pregnancy.
So this is good news BUT:
There is a very important point that needs to be made - birth control does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases. Condoms are not 100% effective for birth control OR disease prevention, but they are certainly the way to engage in Safer Sex -
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