Essay On Birth Control

Birth Control; A Woman’s Right

Over half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintentional, (Finer & Zolna). Many women are unaware of the easy access to different types of birth control, therefore leading to an increased amount of unwanted or unplanned pregnancies. Birth control types such as the pill, IUD, or the implant are long lasting, wise ways to prevent an unintended pregnancy. Having contraceptives available and known to all citizens is extremely important in our vastly growing nation, in order to do this people need to be informed about the Affordable Care Act and vote in elections in order to keep businesses like Planned Parenthood open.

Throughout the country, adolescent girls and women are able to receive free birth control

In the same study researchers found that, “The rate of unintended pregnancy among poor women (those with incomes at or below the federal poverty level) in 2008 was 137 per 1,000 women aged 15–44, more than five times the rate among women at the highest income level (26 per 1,000),” (Finer & Zolna). Lower income women are less likely to be on birth control due to their unawareness or fear of potential costs, leading to higher birth rates and larger families. Along with low incomes, women of minority communities were shown to have higher unplanned pregnancy rates. More citizens need to be informed about clinics such as Planned Parenthood, that allow women of low-income or those on medicaid, birth control to help avoid unintentional pregnancies. In 2006, an estimated $11.1 billion Medicaid dollars were spent on two-thirds of the nation's unintended pregnancies, without the assistance of places like Planned Parenthood, those prices would rise to about $18 billion, (Guttmacher). The help of these clinics is essential to lowering unplanned pregnancy rates in the U.S. by providing women with care for their reproductive