Should contraception be provided free of charge as part of preventative medicine?
This question is something we all need to consider and think about when it comes to today's society. Not only does it pertain to our women in our society, but it also deals with our government spending. I am personally interesting int this topic because as a women, I do believe contraception should be free of charge as part of preventive medicine.
I will begin to explain two reasons as to why I agree that contraception should be free of charge as part of preventive medicine.
Firstly, I believe it is a lot more economical for our government if we provide free contraception to women rather than having to pay the price of having to help raise children. There are a lot of cases where women who become pregnant are not financial stable to raise or provide for a child, and this could be prevented by providing them free contraception. If a woman is not yet financially stable to provide for a child, then odds are that they are not financially stable to constantly pay hundreds of dollars on contraception. In cases like these, what tends to happen is that the care of those children rely on government benefits such as medicaid, CHIP, food stamps, etc. Care that has to be given to them for a length of 18 years, which can become quite an expense for the government. Wouldn't it be smarter for contraception to be free, than to have to pay for the caregiving of a child for a total of 18 years? This obviously doesn't mean to stop giving benefits to families who need the help, but merely to give women the option and resources to free contraception to allow them time to financially prepare themselves. It is easier for our women to take care of themselves than to go about an unplanned pregnancy and having to rely on government benefits.
Also, a lot of times women who cannot afford contraception tend to avoid attaining it. Sometimes, this avoidance can be quite detrimental. For instance, a lot of women in our society experience sexual abuse and with such horrible experiences, unplanned biological results come with it such as ... pregnancy. If these women were provided with free of charge contraception then they would have one less thing to worry about after having experienced a terrible occurrence. They already have a huge psychological problem to deal with, so why let them deal with another?
Let's take care of our women by providing them with free resources that could in turn also benefit the economy within our government.
1 comment:
In my opinion, I do not believe that contraception should be free of charge. I am also a women, but I view this differently. One of the reasons this Blogger gave was that if the government made them free, they would save on having to give money to parent(s) who can't afford to support themselves and another human being. If you and the other person really can't afford protection for sex, I don't believe that is a valid reason for it to be free. If someone wasn't at a place in order to obtain it, I would suggest that they shouldn't have sex if they were in fear of an accidental pregnancy. If they were unable to afford any form of contraception, I believe that they are not in a situation to be having sex.
Another reason they gave was that often women who can't afford it, tend to avoid attaining it. They give the reason from sexual abuse and if they were given free contraception, they would have one less thing to worry about after that horrific event. From my view, I don't believe that if a women had contraception or not would effect the sexual abuser. I believe that the women would get sexually abused either way. Having contraception is not likely going to effect the outcome the women is going to experience.
Sex is something we can control, most of the time, and that is why I do not believe contraception needs to be free. I believe that people can make a valid argument either way. With my view, someone might say that food should be free because being hungry is something that we can't control while sex is something we can. It is difficult to be 100% for or against this topic, but these are my reasons for my view on should contraception be free or not.
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