But hey, sterilizing poor people is a good thing, right? That's what the left wants, right?
The government shouldn't be paying for a woman's private birth control. If she's poor she can get of medicaid and have the state pay for it via insurance. This whole entitlement to free birth control is wrong. Manage your own reproductive health and foot your own bill. Why waste money here when it can go to managing chronic disease or life threatening health problems?
Wait ten or fifteen years and show us how much it COST in medical and welfare costs. Of course by then those costs will be borne by the affected individuals (the poor) who went the IUD route (hey, it was FREE!) and are now sterile or had their reproductive systems and general health compromised. But hey, sterilizing poor people is a good thing, right? That's what the left wants, right?
teen pregnancy been on decline now for 25 years. I doubt a single Colorado program's cancellation will reverse that trend.
so they didn't actually kill the program like the OP made out.The government was given a privately funded grant, the legislation would provide state funding, thus expanding the program.
Republicans kill successful birth-control program in Colorado | Denver Sun Times
Republicans in the Colorado Senate killed an effort this week to set aside funding for a birth control program that provides IUDs to low-income women. The Colorado Family Planning Initiative has been praised for contributing to a 40 percent drop in teen births over the last five years. The program, previously funded by a private donor, won an award in Washington, D.C. just days ago.
so they didn't actually kill the program like the OP made out.
they just chose not to expand the program with state funding which is 100% different issue altogether.
why is it that liberals have to lie?
"Republicans kill successful birth-control program in Colorado"
Excellent. I can't imagine a single way one should consider birth control as an appropriate role for government.
What's that pro-choice slogan? Get the government out of the uterus?
As a mechanism of control, not empowerment. If the government can empower the body politic to the effect of making it more capable of informed decisions and investments, then it should.
Wait ten or fifteen years and show us how much it COST in medical and welfare costs. Of course by then those costs will be borne by the affected individuals (the poor) who went the IUD route (hey, it was FREE!) and are now sterile or had their reproductive systems and general health compromised. But hey, sterilizing poor people is a good thing, right? That's what the left wants, right?
IUDs and Infertility:
One of the common causes of infertility is tubal blockage. Approximately 1 million infertility cases are due to tubal disease. If left untreated, PID can cause inflammation and permanent blocking of the fallopian tubes. There appears to be no evidence that IUD use is associated with future infertility.
:doh
No. The grant ended. There is literally no more program. It was a limited program, they wanted to expand it to the public at large, they did not, and the grants is no longer funding it at all.
So typical. Here again comes the right with no desire to help folk prevent unwanted pregnancy, all along refusing to help the children born to those who don't want and can't afford children.
great! but let's say that giving poor women birth control actually saved the state money in the long run through lower welfare payments and health care for children from unwanted pregnancies. let's just assume that that's the case. would you then be in support of giving out free birth control?
you're just looking at the issue from one perspective. of course any human being should be able to manage their own reproductive care, but if it's better for everyone to just give it to them for free, then why not? I suppose you could say that if we give it to them for free, they'll never learn the error of their ways, but I really don't believe that just letting a problem get worse is the best way to handle that problem.
Republicans kill successful birth-control program in Colorado | Denver Sun Times
Republicans in the Colorado Senate killed an effort this week to set aside funding for a birth control program that provides IUDs to low-income women. The Colorado Family Planning Initiative has been praised for contributing to a 40 percent drop in teen births over the last five years. The program, previously funded by a private donor, won an award in Washington, D.C. just days ago.
Colorado Debates Whether IUDs Are Contraception Or Abortion : Shots - Health News : NPR"This crosses a line," says Republican Kevin Lundberg, who chairs the Senate Health Committee in Colorado. In Lundberg's view, an IUD can count as an abortion, and this makes it impossible for a program that funds IUDs to receive state funding. "The state constitution says no direct or indirect funding from the state shall go towards abortion," Lundberg says.
nope not at all. if you want to buy birth control for women then please go spend your own money setup an online program or charity to do so.
why should tax payers be on the hook for what should be your responsibility?
PS IUD's are not 100%.
I would love to tell you to do the same for the gratuitous wars that you support America waging.
IE you can't rebute anything I said thanks.
you also forget 1 thing it is in the constitution that the government supply for the common defense.
there is nothing in there that says government should pay for your birth control.
so your point is moot.
I'm not speaking of common defense, so you are moot.
And why cant they find more private donors to expand the program?
The Colorado Family Planning Initiative, supported by a $23 million anonymous donation, provided more than 30,000 IUDs or implants to women served by the state’s 68 family-planning clinics. The state’s analysis suggests the initiative was responsible for three-quarters of the decline in the state’s teen birth rates.
no because birth control isnt %100 effective ...
If it really were a health issue they wouldn't be installing IUDs in teens.
A new study published in the May issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology found that the intrauterine device—a quarter-size, T-shaped contraption that sits inside the uterus—is a safe birth control method for women of any age, including teenagers. Among the study findings: less than once percent of users developed complications, and discontinuation rates were the same across all age groups (a tip-off that younger women experienced no greater side effects or dissatisfaction than older users did).
It’s welcome news, especially since IUDs are more than 99 percent effective at blocking pregnancy for up to 10 hassle-free years. Hopefully the study will put to rest longstanding rumors that IUDs are potentially harmful.
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