Save Birth Control for Low-Income Women
by interguru
Mon Mar 03, 2008 at 07:24:42 AM PDT
Planned Parenthood has a plea for help.
Because of a technical error Congress made in 2005, the cost of birth control in many clinics is rising almost 900 percent from what it was just months ago. Women who were paying $5 to $10 per month are now paying $40 to $50 for birth control. For the college students and low-income women affected by this cost hike, that’s no small matter.
Believe it or not, this is NOT caused by a right-wing conspiracy, but the law of unintended consequences from a technical change in the law. Contact your local congress-person, or Democratic leadership urging them to support the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act, introduced by Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) in the House and by Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen.Claire McCaskill (D-MO) .
A side note on class bias in the MSM. This problem effects college students and low income women. The Planned Parenthood article links to three articles. All three talk about the effect on college students, none deal with the effect on poor women.
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