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BC is not a simple solution to STD's. People get STD's in spite of using birth control. What type of BC did you have in mind, btw? Oral contraceptives or the IUD do nothing to prevent STD's.
BC is not a simple solution to STD's. People get STD's in spite of using birth control. What type of BC did you have in mind, btw? Oral contraceptives or the IUD do nothing to prevent STD's.
Condoms is considered birth control in my book which protects from STI. I make guys wear it. I am the hormonal birth control.
There are a lot of women who WANT to use it, but can't afford it. And no sorry, rich people aren't the only ones who get to and NEED to enjoy a healthy sex life.
An IUD is the most effective in preventing unwanted pregnancies, but it's also the most expensive and one that *certain* companies feel are too special to cover with their insurance . Many people complain about tax dollars covering birth control, but it is MUCH cheaper to fund birth control than it is to fund a child.
Some also can't use hormonal ones because of medical reasons.
There are a lot of women who WANT to use it, but can't afford it. And no sorry, rich people aren't the only ones who get to and NEED to enjoy a healthy sex life.
An IUD is the most effective in preventing unwanted pregnancies, but it's also the most expensive and one that *certain* companies feel are too special to cover with their insurance . Many people complain about tax dollars covering birth control, but it is MUCH cheaper to fund birth control than it is to fund a child.
Some also can't use hormonal ones because of medical reasons.
This are non hormonal birth control.
There are cheaper options because my cousin does the injections while working minimum wage and condoms are dirty cheap. Some people I feel like manage their money for the long term.
This are non hormonal birth control.
There are cheaper options because my cousin does the injections while working minimum wage and condoms are dirty cheap. Some people I feel like manage their money for the long term.
Yes there are non hormonal types of birth control, including IUD's. Condoms are an okay option short term, but aren't as effective as other types and some people are also allergic to those.
She pays for those injections 100% out of pocket? If you are single with no kids, depending on where you live, you might still be able to afford birth control on minimum wage, but with these idiots limiting women's access to low cost clinics and limiting insurance coverage, it can be EXTREMELY difficult for women in some states like South Dakota or Mississippi to access it.
Yes there are non hormonal types of birth control, including IUD's. Condoms are an okay option short term, but aren't as effective as other types and some people are also allergic to those.
She pays for those injections 100% out of pocket? If you are single with no kids, depending on where you live, you might still be able to afford birth control on minimum wage, but with these idiots limiting women's access to low cost clinics and limiting insurance coverage, it can be EXTREMELY difficult for women in some states like South Dakota or Mississippi to access it.
There are other types of condoms. My cousin does not have any kids and I think she is off her mother's plan. I live in Illinois and they pass out condoms and information about birth control a lot.
Sex feels better without condoms, physically and emotionally.
I'm not arguing that you should have unsafe sex, but that is the reality. It's simply a matter of weighting the risk and your personal self control.
It's like asking: "why do people buy things they can't afford?" Self control issues.
Yes there are non hormonal types of birth control, including IUD's. Condoms are an okay option short term, but aren't as effective as other types and some people are also allergic to those.
She pays for those injections 100% out of pocket? If you are single with no kids, depending on where you live, you might still be able to afford birth control on minimum wage, but with these idiots limiting women's access to low cost clinics and limiting insurance coverage, it can be EXTREMELY difficult for women in some states like South Dakota or Mississippi to access it.
What idiots are limiting a woman's access to family planning services? With condoms, there are different types with latex usually being the one that causes the allergic reactions.
Another idea is that they can add a part-time job and be too exhausted for sex. Sorry but, gee, how about some "personal responsibility"!
You can get herpes from kissing someone or sharing a cup. Condoms and other birth control has nothing to do with that. And ALL birth control can fail. Even for a woman who has had her tubes tied, there's no guarantee she won't get pregnant.
How many ways are there to prevent pregnancy? Abstinence, maybe. We already know this doesn't work. And since an STD like herpes infects 1 in 6 people, a woman's (or a man's!) chance of contracting this during rape is high. In that case, it doesn't matter how abstinent the woman is.
Condoms, IF a man will wear them, are a good choice, although they also have a fail rate. Most men don't like to wear them, though, and if a woman is with an abuser, he's more than likely to refuse to put one on and will then give her a slap across the face for suggesting it again.
Vasectomies? Good birth control, but most men who get them are already married and most of the time, married men are not the problem. OK, a lot of the time married men are not the problem.
Contraception is expensive sometimes. IUDs can cost up to $1000. How many young girls in high school can afford that?
As for the morning after pill, that has to be given out by a pharmacist. If a woman lives in a small town with limited pharmacies where the pharmacist, because of his religious beliefs, refuses to dispense a morning after pill, the woman is basically out of luck preventing that pregnancy. Recently there was an article about a woman who was miscarrying and who took a prescription into a pharmacist for a medication that would help her finish miscarrying. The pharmacist refused to fill it because of his religious beliefs. Similar stories have women sometimes visiting several pharmacies to get their doctor prescribed medications filled because of some pharmacists who like to play God.
Women's clinics are being closed down because of state mandated draconian rules and absurd requirements. Some of the Planned Parenthoods need to have their patients escorted from their cars to the front door because of protestors, regardless of why the patient is there. A patient may be at a clinic to get birth control only, and find her name and address is listed on a web page somewhere because she visited the clinic. Clinics have been bombed and so there is an element of fear in going in to some clinics to get birth control.
Most women who inquire about getting their tubes tied meet doctor after doctor who refuse to believe them when they say they don't want any (more) children. A woman trying to get her tubes tied before she's thirty, married, and has already had several children is close to impossible. Yet it's the young, unmarried women we're worried about becoming single mothers living in poverty.
Rhythm? We know that doesn't work or so many Catholics wouldn't be using the pill.
The pill can be complicated to use and doesn't often work when women have an irregular cycle. The pill can cause blood clots in women, especially those that smoke. And it also has a fail rate. Many women using the pill have become pregnant.
To the OP, it's not like people don't like to use birth control, especially when it comes to birth control for women. They don't use it mostly it's because they can't find it, can't afford it, can't get it prescribed, can't get it dispensed, or can't get some cooperation from their partner.
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. Many people complain about tax dollars covering birth control, but it is MUCH cheaper to fund birth control than it is to fund a child. 
