Should IUDs and other contraceptive methods be free in states where abortion is banned? (user search)
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Author Topic: Should IUDs and other contraceptive methods be free in states where abortion is banned?  (Read 2619 times)
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« on: June 29, 2022, 02:29:47 PM »

No, because none of those are a need. If you don't want to become pregnant, it should not be the government's responsibility to help you pay for that, especially when free and low cost options already exist currently. 

The government should, however, do more to help families that will be created out of abortion bans, and encourage more people to have children in the future.

What about rape? Those women don't want to be pregnant. WTF.

How is offering a woman who is already pregnant from rape an IUD or birth control pills going to help her?

It won't help them, which is exactly his point. It's why the idea that contraceptives can just completely replace abortion is nonsensical.

But if you are on contraceptives, it alleviates the need for abortion if you are raped while you are on them.
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Angry_Weasel
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« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2022, 08:50:56 AM »

No, because none of those are a need. If you don't want to become pregnant, it should not be the government's responsibility to help you pay for that, especially when free and low cost options already exist currently. 

The government should, however, do more to help families that will be created out of abortion bans, and encourage more people to have children in the future.

What about rape? Those women don't want to be pregnant. WTF.

How is offering a woman who is already pregnant from rape an IUD or birth control pills going to help her?

It won't help them, which is exactly his point. It's why the idea that contraceptives can just completely replace abortion is nonsensical.

But if you are on contraceptives, it alleviates the need for abortion if you are raped while you are on them.

The pill is not 100% effective. And someone should not be forced to carry a pregnancy even if they just forget to take the pill.

How many unwanted pregnancies are the result of a person on birth control who forgot to take the pill and was raped?

This would objectively reduce the number of abortions. Nothing in such scenarios will be perfect.
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