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To hear some conservative politicians tell it, you’d think birth control pills fall from the sky and IUDs grow on trees. During the recent controversy over President Barack Obama’s rule requiring insurance companies to offer birth control free of charge, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum claimed birth control “costs just a few dollars.” Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) went even further, arguing that “not one woman” has ever been denied access to contraception because she could not afford it. […]

According to the Center for American Progress, even women with private health insurance often shoulder a significant portion of the cost for their prescription birth control needs. That’s one of the reasons women of reproductive age spend 68 percent more on out-of-pocket health care expenses than their male counterparts do. And contrary to Rep. Price’s claim, surveys show that women do indeed forgo contraception—or use it inconsistently—when they’re in a financial crunch.

[NB: More than just cis women need and want access to affordable birth control.]

(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)

Feb

21

2012

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  1. xkumori reblogged this from rabbleprochoice
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    If I am fortunate enough to be covered under some health insurance for the rest of my period-having life, I will pay...
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  10. oddityball reblogged this from rabbleprochoice and added:
    I will pay about 12,000 with insurance. With my personal insurance, the only reason it’s covered is because I’m not...
  11. rabbleprochoice reblogged this from prolongedeyecontact and added:
    For insured I will pay just under 10,000 dollars. I’m lucky, I have health insurance. If I was uninsured it would be...
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  18. sadie-the-dependable-skeleton reblogged this from propaganda-for-life and added:
    $9,230 with insurance or $51,946 without insurance. This is pretty fucking scary. But right now I’m lucky enough to be...
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  20. propaganda-for-life reblogged this from reproductivejusticenow and added:
    Good to know, and shocking even to me. I’ve never been on BC, but I’ve been meaning to start. Ho-ly shit, eleven grand...
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  27. le-raven-red reblogged this from coolestfword and added:
    My insurance covered $5 of my $30 pill.
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