Free Contraceptives!

We live in a society where women have better access to resources we didn't have before. We have more say and choices with what we choose to do. President Trump wants to pass laws to defund programs like Planned Parenthood and raise the cost of contraceptives making it harder for some women to purchase. After Obama care was passed the department of health and human resources came to a conclusion that there were 8 different preventative services that were needed for a women's overall health. Access to every FDA-approved method of birth control that can be prescribed by a health-care provider, including emergency contraception. 

 If this is something that gets taken away we might just end up spending twice the amount of money on unplanned pregnancies which are still very common. Just alone in 2011, 45% of the pregnancies that happened that year were said to be unintended. 42 percent of unintended pregnancies ended in abortion and 58 percent ended in birth. In 2010, 51 percent of the nearly 4 million births in the United States were paid for by government health insurance like Medicaid. Overall, the government spent $21 billion on unintended pregnancies that year! 

 Contraceptives are not only good for preventing pregnancies but can help women lower their risk of ovarian and endometrial cancers which as we all know any type of cancer is very expensive to treat. 

 Since Trump has stepped into office his followers about this particular topic including women have agreed with him that it's been costing us a lot of money but to myself, the numbers and statistic tell it all. We as a country need to take a step back and really acknowledge how much more money we spend on other things that have brought us no good. I rather pay the lower cost now then deal with a much bigger problem later. 

                                       Abortion for all Down Syndrome fetuses?

This is an editorial post from The Washington Post talking about what the rights should be not only for women but also for down syndrome fetuses in the womb. Ruth Marcus the writer of this article was straight to the point with what her opinion was. I do agree with her to a certain extent. I believe I women should have the right to choose what she wants to do when terminating a pregnancy only if it is known that the baby is coming into this world with disabilities. Ruth's whole disagreement here is the fact that a couple of states are out to pass a law stating that Doctors will no longer be able to provide people carrying a down syndrome child an abortion. She did have good statistics of why bringing a child into this world with down syndrome would be a challenge. She was also good at wanting to understand the other side of things like going through the pregnancy and having a child with down syndrome. Of course, she was a little harsh at being very direct on what she believed. Ruth did provide us a very elaborate well-written article on trying to convince us why this isn't a subject matter that should even be thought about. It should just be done! Of course, I believe that this is a very sticky topic that can go multiple directions this is why it has been very controversial for this long.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-wouldve-aborted-a-fetus-with-down-syndrome-women-need-that-right/2018/03/09/3aaac364-23d6-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html?utm_term=.c6d8a3e6e07b