Biff_Poindexter
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Boebert on birth control: ‘It’s cheaper to have a kid’
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) said during a hearing on drug pricing that she once declined to pay for birth control medicine when she saw how high the price was at the pharmacy. Boebert recalled th…
thehill.com
"Colorado representative Lauren Boebert claimed she had her third son because birth control was too expensive. The Democratic congresswoman took issue with the story, noting how Ms Boebert had voted against legislation that would help ensure wider access to contraception. Last year, Ms Boebert, alongside most of the House GOP, voted against the Right to Contraception Act, which would’ve enshrined the right to contraception in federal law. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a majority of women between ages 18 to 64 have used contraception at some point during their reproductive years, with more than three-quarters using multiple methods.
Under the Affordable Care Act, contraceptive coverage is required, though KFF found in 2022 that four in 10 women weren’t aware most insurance plans pay the full cost of birth control. Justice Clarence Thomas suggested in a concurring opinion to the decision overturning Roe v Wade that the high court should revisit 1965’s Griswold v Connecticut, which forbids states from banning contraception."
So, this is an honest question....Is buying birth control more expensive than having a child? Especially if there are policies in place that helps to make access to birth control more affordable; especially in comparison to having a child. By most estimates, it costs on average 300,000 dollars to raise a child to the age of 18; and last I checked, there is no birth control medication that costs 300k...so why even make the argument that birth control is more expensive? Even if you are claiming birth control to be more expensive for hyperbolic effect, it's still a stupid argument to make...so why make it?
As George Carlin once said, the whole anti-abortion thing isn't about protecting children as much as it is about having control over a woman's pussy....but if as a right-winger, this "joke" by Carlin offends you and you disagree with that premise; do you think trying to ban women from having contraception makes his point any less true?? It all but proves his point if you ask me....