I strongly support easy, affordable access to birth control information and all contraceptive options. If the states and federal government actually gave a fuck about families and human health, they would fund clinics.
I can say, from personal experience, that in the 1970s there were local, easily accessible "free clinics" that provided full spectrum assistance, including information, testing for STDS and pregnancies, treatments, all contraceptive options, and even abortions. Girls could get "the pill" very easily and inexpensively. Condoms were free to those who wanted them.
I don't know why anyone would oppose that.
I only support it from a "it's cheaper this way than dealing with the ensuing problems later. I grit my teeth as I don't like having to pay for other peoples behavior. I guess if we can tax this..."out of control idiots"... and distribute some money back to me, then all is fair. I refuse to pay for their monkey pox or STD treatment outside of marriage. If they are stupid, then that's their problem to solve.
The cheapest is to... behave.
Do you think the citizens that pay for this stuff should be able to discipline those who are ultimately, causing them problems? That in essence... is the debate.
The same people that don't want their nickels and dimes going to free birth control are the same people that hate screaming babies and children in public: on a plane, at the movie theatre, or at non family restaurant, etc.
These people also worship a boob until a baby is latched onto it and then it becomes 'disgusting' and indecent.
I would definitely pay 20 cents now to be on an airplane with fewer screaming and kids because let's be real, that sucks for everyone.
The pill is free here ijnUK and the morning after pill is also free in wales. It's also possible to pick up free condoms in some places but they tend to be on the thick side. Teen pregnancy rates slightly across the UK but are generally lower than the USA despite us being more sexually active
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u How would it be free? Aren't there costs involved in manufacturing and distributing such things?
Is your question: Wouldn't it be great if somebody else would pay for my birth control pills and condoms for me?
Yes it should.
people who are complaining about “oh it’s my taxes”, consider this.
if 10 women, girls don’t have birth control and have sex and become pregnant, those “oh my taxes” are going to be going towards the care system, care homes etc.
The people hit the most by all this are the more social deprived in society, it almost becomes a perpetuating cycle, with lack of education, lack of decent job means poverty, which invariably means more unwanted kids, who then fail at school etc.
This pretty much results in a rise in those living in social deprivation, the poor, an increase in the socially deprived population.
which results in more crime, need for more police, more shootings etc.
All for not providing free at point of use contraception.
Maybe people should start to have less sex that would be the cheapest way and it would make people actually be interested in one another how about that?
It would increase chances that guys are willing to commit because in the modern days many sleep around because they can and feel like they should to be sexual experienced.
I don´t see a reason why people talk so much about free birth control if they won´t use it anyways.
It´s just an excuse to have more sex with no consequences wondering why everybody has a trauma and feels used but not acknowledged.
Forget about the comment it's too narrow minded it's just wrong. Thinking about it again I would encourage that or at least make it more normal also for guys to use contraception especially if they are not interested in having a child.
Because it needs two to get a woman pregnant it should also be the job of both to prevent it.
So you can buy makeup, cologne, jewelry, dresses, expensive haircuts, expensive shoes, and an Uber ride? And possibly alcohol as well? ... But not birth control?
I call Bullshit on all of that.
Do you people not realize how much money people spend on just trying to GET someone to fuck them?
And yet birth control is just "too much"?
You "can't afford it?"
Get the fuck outta here.
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@Brainsbeforebeauty Thank you!
Thank you for speaking real truth👍
A lot of insurance companies cover the cost of the birth control pills. Just go to the doctor and get a prescription for them. Case closed
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, which is tasked with analysis of any bill on government expenditures, has determined that free access to birth control (at least within the affordable care act) would result in less overall expense by the government. So, it makes financial sense, and if you care about limiting the national debt and inflation, you should actually support free access to birth control.
Nope it's better to buy , as when ever something is available free for public , people take it for granted , when it's taken for granted its misuse is greater than used properly , regarding feeling awkward one can buy online or even in supermarkets with other goodies.
It would be tax payer funded so it wouldn't be free. That is one of the main reasons why I oppose it. But the main reason I oppose it is that I won't really change much. Because plenty of people would still be stupid about sex. Even if you had one of these vending machines on every city block there would still be plenty of idiots that wouldn't use birth control. There would still be plenty of stupid men and women that think the pull out method is the only birth control they need.
No that’s dumb😭 birth control is a commodity just like everything else. Nobody is forcing people to have sex it’s a choice so you have the choice to buy birth control of not. Plus higher taxes would suck. I do think tampons should be free tho I think that’s worth more taxes.
Yes, absolutely. With Roe vs. Wade overturned it's more essential now than ever.
I mean I'm pro-choice but if I have to pay to have sex why shouldn't you?
In the UK it's about £25.
Don't be a stupid Indian.
It's not up to the government to manage peoples sexual behaviours.
You are working, thinking adults. Manage your own pussies and what goes on with them. You want female rights, but not the responsibilities and consequences that come with them?
Joke is on you,.
Many methods of contraception are already being provided for free in India. I think it's good because many people are poor and they don't have an excuse now. Hopefully it will lower the birth rate so that overpopulation can be controlled which is the biggest problem of India. It has led to the scarcity of resources.
I really am against the government getting into people's lives like that but I suppose it would prevent a lot of future welfare recipients from bleeding the taxpayers dry.
Duh thats a no fucking brainer! Healthcare and education and housing should also be free of cost as well! but since america is a 3rd world backward backwater uncivilized country with no public transportation its not surprising they dont have any of those things.
I disagree completely, because some people have very strong religious views against certain contraceptives and we should not make them pay for it. Plus I think the government does not have a vested interest in providing these, it's just people like things being free. So if we can use the government to make us get free thing then it feels nice.
I think that if states put any level of regulation on abortion that they should be required to provide birth control pills to both males (they'd have to develop it I think) and females as well as make available 5 condoms per day to every person regardless of age.
To be perfectly honest I think that open birthcontrol, should be available to both girls and guys equivalently, In other worlds between age, race or discrimination. I am only here with age of consent personally of 18, I don't know what other countries offer at this time, Ie arranged marriages which Absolutely revolt me in underage situations. I don't mean to upset you personally in anyway shape or form.
Nothing is free, and I think it should be free but not by the tax payers, ask for volunteers to fund it.
If enough people support it, they should volunteer to fund it.
@H8INCHES Works for me.
Yes, but they should be providing sanitary products such as tampons, pads, etc first.
Women CAN refuse sex - believe it or not. They can't stop menstruations.
Why should the government, correction... tax payers pay for people's birth control, if they can't afford their own maybe just don't have sex then🤷🏼♀️
Will that actually work? Sex is something that is instinctive and natural to us. I really don't think people will be able to or are able to curb those needs within themselves for a prolonged period of time.
@The_Shadow_Dweller than they can practice safe sex and be responsible for it themselves
@Brainsbeforebeauty why should the government or tax payers pay for anything then? why pay for public parks or roads or water or even a military? we might as well all go back to living in the jungle as uncivilized monkies dont you think?
@vald9inches are you really comparing spending money on the military to providing free contraceptives wtf and planned Parenthood already does that and don't they get government funding?
And still people are too irresponsible to use even when they're free🤷🏼♀️
The 10c method always works, and it’s reusable and environmentally friendly: whenever you are in a situation where you might have sex, hold a 10c coin between your knees until the situation has passed. It works for men and women equally well.
No, I believe that I’d much rather pay lower taxes, than have the tax payers pay for MY birth control! In fact I think the government needs to do a tot LESS and just lower the national debt, instead!
Uh, vending machines require payment. That is how they work.
And anything "Free" means you pay higher taxes for it.
Moreover, as @Reaper1985 stated, we are already there.
No. Buy your own fucking stuff. And by the way, the government JUST gave everyone a SHITLOAD of free money over the past few years. If this shit is really important to you, spend your money on it. If it isn't, you don't care that much about it. If it's really important to you and you blew all of your free government cash already, get off your fat, stupid ass and go do something that worth something to someone who will pay you for it and use that money.
Yes birth control should be free and accessible. In vending machines? Probably not. But online services definitely.
Nothing is free. Get over it and stop making yourself into a victim.
@Kingofkings1992 free at point of collection. At the very least it should be subsidized. If you're against abortions this is the way to reduce them effectively.
I think birth control should not be free cause if they are affordable then they will be used abundantly and using them frequently can lead to serious harm.
First off. Nothing provided by the government is free!
Second. Sex isn’t a needed life sustaining function to live.
I would go along with a one time surgical sterilization provided free. Why should I pay for your pleasure?
I hope you aren't planning to draw Social Security... The money that you'd be getting would be coming from others so that'd be hypocritical... By your reasoning, why should I pay for your pleasure in retirement?
@LindsayR07 I hope that your butt doesn’t hurt too badly. But I never worked under social security. I worked for a company for 41 years that had a private retirement. Plus I paid into a 401K and before that an IRA account!
So I have paid my dues!
So don’t worry about you having to pay for my retirement that I have enjoyed for over 5 years now.
Now you tell me what you have done to deserve the rest of us paying for you to have sex!
@LindsayR07. A good life lesson is, If you can’t afford to do or buy something. DON’T do it!
They might need to start providing and stay off of overturn Roe v. WadeThey might need to start providing and stay off of overturn Roe v. Wade
So I'm no longer being taxed for abortion now I got to pay for their birth control? No thank you.
Just stop hooking up every week with a new guy. They make female condoms use them.
It is bruh lol IT IS!! IF you're low or no income you get it for free like u do with everything else. The rest of us pay for you
Nothing is “free of cost.” What you are saying is that I should be forced to buy this for other people. That is not acceptable policy.
Why? They are provided free at schools but does that keep girls from getting pregnant? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Yes. All of it. All birth control should be covered by something. You wanna reduce abortions? This will help. My daughter brought this up today and I think it's a good idea. Help people to be more responsible, don't just tell them.
many medical clinics are funded by the government to some degree and offer birth control at little or no cost to the general public.
No,
1) the dumb asses wouldn't know how to use them
2) They wouldn't use them
3) It would be more added to National Debt
4) People need to use common sense and have morals.
5) it would encourage more sex and risky behavior
Yea, I think it would help our economics in the long run.
No, the only thing that the government should do is to protect me from you, you from me, and all of us from some other country. You still have to pay for all the "free" stuff you get from the government; they just take more of your money in taxes.
Yes. It should be low to cost at least. Birth control saves America lots of money bc it prevents lots of pregnancy.
It isn't ever free of cost. Somebody pays for it. Taxpayers like me. Why should I pay for someone else's choices?
i think it should be provided free of cost for underage teens. cause they can't be held accountable for their actions yet unlike adults.
Hell ya, then maybe the government can pay for my gas, rent, and groceries next!! Free stuff for everyone 👍🙄
By "free of cost" you mean taxpayer funded? Absolutely not.
No
Every woman is a individual with individual needs and the government is always trying to put everyone in the same bubble. This would be devastating for women health
I don't think that this is good idea. Because this is the people choise and when goverment provided people will use it in wrong way so it's better to people buy their own.
I don't think they should be free but easily accessible I can agree with
NO. Why should we make it easy for people to be less responsible for their actions?
there is no such thing as free. someone is paying for it!
Yeah.. Tax payers
You want it, you buy it.
Get your Socialist hand out of my pocket.
You do realize that we have tons of socialist programs already, yeah? Public education ring a bell?
@Ironic_Method
All Socialist programmes should be abolished.
So... Firefighters, public education, public transportation, etc?
Yup. Tax Wallstreet speculation like.1% to pay for it
Yeah for sure... think how many stds and accident baby's have been stopped with all the free condoms and shit they give out...
Of course not. I don't believe in robbery. However, feel free to use your own money to provide free BC.
I don't think the government sloughs provide much of anything. And nothing is free. It's just taxpayers paying for other people's stuff.
In some areas they are. I do believe they should offer more then just the pills and condoms for free
Nope kids might take it and it may have adverse side effects
NO.
And nothing of a consumer nature is ever free of cost.
No. If you can’t afford a $.75 condom, keep your legs together.
Nothing is free of cost and the government doesn't pay for anything. You do. Of course if you want to pay for other people to fuck...
Or, people can take responsibility for themselves without depending on the government to provide for them.
Should food be "free or paid for by the government?"
Should housing?
Should transportation? Give me my free Bentley!!!
nope, if you want to have recreational sex, you can pay for it, not me. Why don't we make food and gas and a Mercedes Benz free too?
I don't got time for all this I'm just gonna wear condoms and pull out before I bust in the condom lol it ain't safe no more
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