<p>sorry-let me clarify
I was referring specifically to what you called the huge benefits of preventing unwanted pregnancies, and I realize that it does have benefits outside of that scope.</p>
<p>I don't know where the idea that our tax $ were paying for the pills came from. They (our tax $) never paid for these pills at colleges.</p>
<p>newmassdad,
I guess they were sponsored by the government in some way...</p>
<p>Regarding increase in price of birth control:</p>
<p>"The change has an unlikely origin: the Deficit Reduction Act signed by President Bush last year. The legislation aimed to pare $39 billion in spending on federal programs, from subsidized student loans to Medicaid. And among the changes was one that, through an arcane set of circumstances, created a disincentive for drug makers to offer school discounts."</p>
<p>For the full article: <a href="http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070812/NEWS/708120306/-1/LIFE%5B/url%5D">http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070812/NEWS/708120306/-1/LIFE</a></p>
<p>nngm,</p>
<p>No, they were not "sponsored" by the government. Spooch sheds some light on the issue. Suffice to say it is the companies who make the pills that decided to cut their discounts to college pharmacies. </p>
<p>The Wall Street Journal explained it: "The contraceptive prices offered to schools are now included in a complex calculation that determines certain Medicaid-related rebates that drug makers must pay to states. In this calculation, deep discount prices would have the effect of increasing drug makers' payments."</p>
<p>my insurance company (cigna) covers bcps, and there are several brands of generic bcps, however they are still more expensive than the $7 a month the person in the story was paying before</p>
<p>It is too bad. It's cheaper in a long run. We are not subsidizaing bcps, but we are paying for unplanned babies. I remember long time ago that my insurance paid for bcps. I would be happy to pay for my D's bcps if it would mean for her to have babies when she is ready.</p>
<p>This is too bad. Many of my college friends rely on cheap, student birth control pills because their parents are against birth control and/or don't know that they are sexually active. Some of my friends were already making sacrifices for birth control pills. Very unfortunate. As it's been said, almost everyone benefits from effective birth control.</p>
<p>Another non-contraceptive use of the pill is bleeding control for females who have symptomatic hemophilia or similar bleeding disorders.</p>
<p>Glad Tran has her priorities straight--sex>>>>TV. Keep the old UW hot.</p>
<p>"I guess they'll resort to condom use or something."</p>
<p>Well if they value their health at all they should be using condoms anyway. Birth Control pills do not protect you from STDs.</p>
<p>The best way to avoid an unwanted pregnancy is avoid sex but I guess it is quaintly old fashioned to expect anyone to delay gratification or expect them to take responsibility for their actions. Let me go back to listening to the sound of the credit markets collapsing as GENXers default on their balloon mortgages. Every 28 year old NEED a five bedroom McMansion right? So lets bail them out before the stock markets takes what remains of my 401K :-)</p>
<p>BTW anybody who needs to pick up those extra bucks for BCP can get them by doing a few of those jobs Americans won't do but illegal aliens will. One day a month of day labor ought to cover it plus you can actually use a little of the Spanish you are taking and find out how full of manure your sociology professor is in the process.</p>
<p>As far as I am concerned there are no unwanted pregnancies. I need someone to pay my social security and change my diaper in the nursing home.</p>
<p>
Wow, that is a pretty loaded statement. So a woman who is raped and turns up pregnant obviously wanted that baby?</p>
<p>I completely think that there are unwanted pregnancies. That being said, I do agree with you that kids need to take responsibility for the actions. If they are gonna have sex, then they should be fully aware and prepared that pregnancy is a very likely outcome.</p>
<p>And thus it is best to provide them with the tools to prevent pregnancy.</p>
<p>Unfortunately teenagers have sex, but they don't have to get pregnant.</p>
<p>"they should be fully aware and prepared that pregnancy is a very likely outcome"</p>
<p>A very likely outcome? Birth control pills, when used correctly, are 99.7% effective in preventing pregnancy (condoms are slightly less effective, ~98% when used properly). I think taking responsibility means obtaining contraception, and I'm definitely not on the side of the big pharmaceutical companies profits in this. And I'd have to say that most of the people using contraceptives would consider a pregnancy to be unwanted - or they probably wouldn't be using them in the first place.</p>
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Completely agree with this statement as well. Kids are gonna have sex, but they're not gonna want to face the consequences. That's why those cheap pills were so important. They helped college students avoid unwanted pregnancies. But in the absence of them, I wouldn't be surprised if the number went up.</p>
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I wasn't referring to birth control use and sex. I was referring to sex in general. But, yes, srcameron, you are right, which is exactly why I think that cheap birth control is sorta necessary.</p>
<p>Sorry hotpiece101, I guess I misunderstood, my bad.</p>
<p>No, it's cool. I should have made myself clearer. I was actually referring to higherlead's post on the previous page (the part about the best way to avoid pregnancy is just to not have sex and that kids should take some sort of responsibilty for their actions).</p>
<p>"And I'd have to say that most of the people using contraceptives would consider a pregnancy to be unwanted - or they probably wouldn't be using them in the first place."</p>
<p>Maybe unwanted by them but not necessarily by me. This country needs more babies.</p>
<p>This country needs more babies.</p>
<p>They stopped making more land- I don't see any where to put them :confused:</p>
<p>Maybe we should be doing a better job, feeding, housing and educating the ones we got, before we start taking on more?</p>