Do NOT tell me there is no war on women after reading this...

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93. "someone else is paying"

That idea is used so often in discussing healthcare, and primarily in discussing women's health care.

We ALL "pay for" A LOT of things for other people; we ALL get a lot of things paid for, in part, by other people, too.

"Why should I have to pay for YOU?" the question goes. "Because I pay for YOU" is the answer. That goes for police, fire dept., schools, roads, all public services.

In cases where people are too poor, elderly, disabled, etc. that they can't pay in, don't think it's a big savings NOT to help. Public health matters to everyone. Diseases spread, as do fires. Uneducated citizens affect everyone, as does crime associated with poverty.

So if birth control isn't funded because people object to spending money on it, get ready to spend it instead for prenatal care, 13 years of school, and God knows what social services if an unplanned pregnancy happens for a woman too young, poor, and/or unhealthy to have been prepared for parenthood.