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FRAME THE DEBATE : Questions to Ask Politicians about Birth Control in "08 |
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- Do you support or oppose couples having access to safe and effective birth control options, including emergency contraception?
- Would you support or oppose requiring health insurance plans that cover prescription drugs like Viagra to include birth control and contraception?
- Do you support continuing federal funding for contraceptives for poor and low income families, most of whom use classic birth control methods, including the birth control pill and condoms?
- Do you support or oppose requiring pharmacies to dispense birth control to patients without discrimination, delay, or creating a hostile environment?
- Do you support comprehensive sex education programs that teach teens to protect themselves against disease and prevent pregnancy through birth control, as well as teaching sexual abstinence?
- Teen pregnancies are on the rise for the first time in 15 years, according to a recent CDC report. Do you think there is a connection between abstinence-only sex education and the trend of more teen pregnancies?
- The teenage pregnancy rate in the United States is nearly twice as high as that of the United Kingdom and four times higher than Sweden, or France. What should be done to reverse this trend?
- Do you support conprehensive sex education being taught in schools that includes information about abstinence, contraception and how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS?
- Do you support ending government funding of abstinence-only education programs that exclude information about birth control?
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