This week, Obama signed into law a new bill that has
restored the old commonsense practice of allowing community clinics and college
health centers to sell birth control at lower prices. After the passage of the 2005
Deficit Reduction Act—which made it all but impossible for pharmaceutical companies
to sell birth control to clinics at a discount—the price of contraception shot
up as much as 10 times a month.
A University
of Nevada graduate who
fought for the new legislation, known as the Affordable Birth Control Act, wrote
in a blog post, "I recall having to decide between paying for groceries or
for birth control - decisions no male athlete would ever have to make." As
a competitive swimmer, the young woman depended on the pill not only to prevent
unplanned pregnancies, but also to regulate her cycle.
Allowing college students and uninsured women access to
family planning services simply makes sense. Not only does it save taxpayers
money and drastically reduce the number of abortions, but it also gives all women
a better chance of becoming happy and responsible members of society.
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