LETTER: Government-funded abortion is wrong
May 12, 2012 at 4:58 am in The Daily Republic
There is another side to the story about the dangers of preventable care which our president is urgently trying to convince us that contraception and abortion should be paid for and practiced.
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1) It is a medical fact that you can get pregnant at any time during your cycle. Trying to figure out when you’re ovulating is a guess at best. Many, many women have irregular cycles to begin with, and even though ovulation usually occurs around the same time, there is no exact science to planning around it.
2) The idea that life begins at conception is theory/opinion, not fact; therefore calling the morning after pill an abortion pill is a stretch.
3) Your insurance is not going to go up from covering birth control pills. It’s just another medication on a long list of medications your insurance already pays for. The only difference is there will be no copay, which is a very small amount of money they are losing compared to the cost of childbirth. It costs between 8000 and 13000 dollars to have a baby. My copay is 8 dollars a month. I would have to be on birth control for 83 years before that lost copay would cost as much as having a child.
4) Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization and doesn’t “make” money doing anything. The abortions performed at planned parenthood are not paid for with government money, they are not allowed to use federal funding for that particular service. They also don’t provide them for free. I know two women who have had them, and believe me, they paid. Planned parenthood also provides other vital services, such as Pap smears, pelvic exams, breast exams, and prenatal care for women who do not have insurance. Stop damning planned parenthood on the basis that they provide abortion services. Are you going to boycott your doctor’s office too?
5. The main reason that birth control pills should be covered is because they provide medical benefits unrelated to preventing pregnancy. They help prevent cancer, treat acne, treat severe menstural cramps, and treat endometriosis. As far as the side effects, they are spelled out both by your doctor and by the information provided to you by the pharmacy when you pick up your prescription. People have to take some responsibility in their medical care; it is your choice to decide whether the benefits outweigh the risk enough to take any medication. Tylenol can cause liver failure. Aspirin can cause ulcers and intestinal bleeding. I’m not going to stop taking those either.
6. Increased access to birth control will reduce unwanted pregnancies, thereby reducing insurance costs and welfare costs. If you are morally opposed to it, then don’t take it! That is your choice. That does NOT mean you should, or have the right to, stand in the way of someone else taking it or gaining access to it.
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