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originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: WeAreAWAKE
where are you getting the $10 from??? birth control bills cost somewhere between $30 and $50 dollars if paying out of pocket. and why should your insurance policy cover them.....(you pay for them)??
ya, the family is strapped for cash!!! hanging by a thread.... but hey, they are holding their own, and are responsible enough to have an insurance policy! He goes to work everyday, she stays home and cares for the children, they pay taxes, and ya know what question they are asking themselves as their neighbor across the street takes their snotty nosed kid to the doctor for the fifth time this month just to make sure the child is okay?? they're wondering why that have to pay for that mother's peace of mind while he's driving a car illegally every morning just to get to work because it's brakes are crap and won't pass inspection, and shes sacrificing meals for birth control!!
why should you just accept that you insurance policy covers birth control.. (pay for her birth control)....
because, if you add another child to that family, it might be just enough for them to fall into those welfare programs and then you might be wondering why you are paying for her child's visits to the doctor to ease her mind, ensuring that she never has to skip another meal, and maybe even be helping out with her rent!!
is that a good enough reason for you!
Roughly 47% of non-pregnant women and 60% of pregnant women have anemia worldwide, and including iron deficiency without anaemia the figures may approach 60 and 90% respectively. In the industrial world as a whole, anemia prevalence during pregnancy averages 18%, and over 30% of these populations suffer from iron deficiency. The poor are more affected.
The high risk of women of fertile age and pregnant women for incurring negative balance and iron deficiency is due to their increased iron needs because of menstruation and the substantial iron demands of pregnancy. Median requirements of absorbed iron are estimated to be 1.36 and 1.73 mg per day among adult and teen-age menstruating females. However, 15% of adult menstruating women require more than 2.0 mg per day, and 5% require as much as 2.84 mg per day. The superimposition of menstrual losses and growth in menstruating teenage girls increases the demands for absorbed iron; 30% need to absorb more than 2.0 mg of iron per day; 10% as much as 2.65 mg, and 5% 3.21 mg. These requirements are very difficult, if not impossible to satisfy even with good quality, iron-fortified diets.
Birth spacing favours iron nutrition among fertile-age women because each pregnancy has a high cost in terms of iron (see below). However, the use of intrauterine devices almost doubles the iron menstrual loss while women using anovulatory contraceptive methods reduce it by almost half. Importantly, multiparous women tend to have greater menstrual losses that increase with parity.
www.unsystem.org...
Iron needs exhibit a marked increase during the second and especially during the third trimesters when median daily needs increase up to an average of 5.6 mg per day (that is, 4.1 mg above median pre-pregnancy needs). The approximate range would be 3.54 and 8.80 mg per day. This amount of absorbed iron needs cannot be met from food iron even if iron fortification is in place. Thus the importance of two factors: pre-pregnancy iron reserves upon which to draw; and iron supplementation during pregnancy.
(same source)
originally posted by: nomadone407
Why are there still abortions? Abortions should be so rare that when one happens it should be a sad day and reported on the news.
There really is no reason to have an abortion today with everything that is available to prevent getting pregnant. imo
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: WeAreAWAKE
www.planetdrugsdirect.com...
three month supply, $114.99, works out to around $38.33 a month...
and.... if your doctor is just phoning her prescription in every year without her coming in for yearly checkups, he's not a good doctor!!!
The Cost: According to Planned Parenthood, birth control pills cost between $15 to $50 a month, depending on health-insurance coverage and type of pill.
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: WeAreAWAKE
The Cost: According to Planned Parenthood, birth control pills cost between $15 to $50 a month, depending on health-insurance coverage and type of pill.
okay... let's look at that...
first if you have an insurance policy, they will bill your insurance policy and you will only pay for the rest of that $50 that isn't covered. they also adjust the charge according to income, which means that if what the insurance doesn't pay, is more than their little income charge says you should be paid, you will be charged according to the income chart.
but, planned parenthood buys large quantities of birth control at a time and gets a big discount because of that so, they can charge less for it than my local drug store can.
but, they're trying real hard to kill planned parenthood also aren't they?
but, I am talking about the real cost of things, since I am quite used to being told I don't qualify for any kind of assistance regardless of the situation. especially when it comes to healthcare. I don't even ask anymore.
originally posted by: windword
No. .....As in It's covered. Is your diabetes or cancer free?
Right. I can't opt out of your brother's knee surgery, to fix the injury he got on Thanksgiving playing football in the park after a few beers, either!
Family planning is a public health issue that the government has a very valid interest in.
Great! We agree. I love being able to end on a high note!
originally posted by: Daedalus
a reply to: WeAreAWAKE
Now you've gone and done it....
You've mentioned that pesky "personal responsibility"....not just once, but twice now...
Expect much wailing, and gnashing of teeth..