#contraception

I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

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Thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, preventive care services, including contraception, will be covered by private insurance plans without co-pays or deductibles. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

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Contraception doesn't define a woman. ↗

— Nikki Haley

#define #woman

By definition, a hearing is an inquiry into many sides of an issue with testimony from various points of views. But mark this: The Republicans did not have a single woman to testify in support of the contraception mandate. That is not a hearing; that is a sham. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

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I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and she said 'No.' ↗

— Woody Allen

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I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are all kinds of good choices. ↗

— Sharron Angle

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It is essential that the women's preventive coverage benefit, including contraception, be available to all women, regardless of what health plan they have or where they work - as Congress intended. Providing access to birth control just makes good sense. ↗

— Gwen Moore

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Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of informing women, especially those who were poor, about methods of contraception, began to be discussed. ↗

— Dora Russell

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And under Obamacare, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. Before, some wouldn't cover women's most basic needs, like contraception and maternity care, but would still charge us up to 50 percent more than men - for a worse plan. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#basic #basic needs #before #care #charge

For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

#care #children #contraception #health #health care