Debates over the availability of affordable birth control are moot without considering the critical role government can play to empower individuals to make responsible reproductive health decisions.
One study found that more than 270,000 Colorado women and girls aged 13 to 44 needed publicly funded birth control services and supplies. With the downturn in the economy and more people losing their health insurance, that number can only be expected to rise this year.
By working in collaboration with medical experts, community-based organizations, and reproductive health care advocates, Colorado policymakers can develop common-sense strategies that ensure preventive family planning services are considered core component in health insurance benefits and in comprehensive health care reform. Given the current climate, we can and must do better to provide family planning services.
Friday, April 10, 2009
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