Hey, Trump—Here Are All The Things Birth Control Does

A commentary blog post from the HuffPost titled, Hey, Trump—Here Are All The Things Birth Control Does was posted October 6, 2017, by HuffPost reporter, Catherine Pearson. The blog post was published in response to the Trump Administration announcing its intention to roll back the Affordable Care Act provision that has allowed women access to birth control by requiring most employers to include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans. In announcing their decision, the administration argued that the birth control coverage requirement created a “substantial burden” on employers’ free exercise of religion that is protected by the U.S. Constitution. For this reason, the author goes on to argue that birth control is in many ways health care for women and how it has also helped lower the abortion rate since 1973 when Roe v. Wade was passed. Pearson wrote this blog post to inform Trump’s Administration and those who are in favor of rolling back the birth control mandate, about how contraceptives not only aid in preventing pregnancies but how birth control is health care.
To prove her claim Pearson makes a list of the type of ways birth control is used as medication by 14 percent of women. To support her statements the author provides statistical evidence of a study that reveals the most common reasons women use birth control pills for non-contraceptive purposes. Furthermore, Pearson mentions that “despite the many benefits of birth control, some employers seem ready to pounce on the change.”, there has already been a different alternative of how companies and institutions with religious affiliations have dealt with the implementation of requiring employers to include birth control coverage. By providing data released by the Center for American Progress and the Supreme Court Decision on the birth control mandate, Pearson explains how in 2014 and 2016 there were 45 entities who requested exemptions to the birth control mandate and how many of them indicated that “they were specifically seeking” an exemption from supplying women the most expensive and effective forms of birth control, such as IUDs.
After reading this blog post about the common reasons birth control is pivotal for women’s health, I completely agree with Pearson's statements, but I feel like she could have provided an in-depth argument of how the Trump Administration’s actions stand to rob women of their ability to control their lives and futures. Thus, denying their access to contraception unacceptable, discriminatory, and unconstitutional.

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