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Sarah Stewart's Getting Pregnant Faster & Naturally eBook download in PDF format. Feel free to share this guide with your friends on Facebook! What is most frustrating about the current state of contraceptive coverage is that it’s hard to determine who, if anyone, benefits from this restricted access. Unplanned pregnancies are very expensive not only to society but also to insurance companies. The cost of paying for contraception for a year (or even 10 years) is significantly cheaper than paying for prenatal care and subsequent labor and delivery. The estimated costs of unplanned teenage pregnancies in the United States each year is $9.4 billion … Both [alternative pilot] programs showed astonishing results in cutting rates of unplanned pregnancy, births, and abortion rates by double digits. Results like these should be celebrated by everyone, regardless of where they are on the political spectrum because they are good for patients and for society. Improved outcomes were not a result of a new form of contraception, a medical breakthrough, or a change in behavior. All that was necessary was the removal of barriers to contraception coverage. The ACA may have intended to do that in theory, but in practice, it is falling short.
