The birth control debate is supposed to be over.
- Some 93 percent of voters believe important life decisions should be every individual’s personal responsibility.
- More than 75 percent of voters think government should protect access to quality birth control.
- More than 76 percent of voters believe comprehensive sex education is best for teenagers.
But a small minority hasn’t got the message.
- The few extremists who oppose birth control – only 9 percent of Americans – are trying to control everyone else’s decision-making about the timing and number of their children.
Here are some of their extreme schemes:
FLASH! Birth control caused the economic crisis!
This article, written by the right-wing Population Research Institute, is another example of the increasingly open attack on birth control through pseudo-science, blatant disinformation and unsupported “research” that equate it with abortion.
Dangerous rule proposed at HHS
Proposed new regulations would seriously limit access to birth control options.
“Personhood” Initiatives Seek Legal Rights for Fertilized Eggs
“Personhood” Initiatives Take Center Stage
“Pill Kills” campaigns seek to ban birth control
Pseudo-scientific claims spread false and dangerous misinformation about when pregnancy begins and how contraceptives work.
Government pushes abstinence-only sex education programs that don’t work
Abstinence-only-until-marriage programs convey inaccurate information and do not change teen behavior.
Some druggists won’t fill prescriptions for birth control or sell
contraceptives
Pharmacies that refuse to provide prescribed contraceptives are increasing, and some states support them.
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