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The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) want birth control pills to be sold over-the-counter (OTC) because it would make the goal of contraceptive “more achievable”.
According to the ACOG report: “Unintended pregnancy remains a major public health problem in the United States. Over the past 20 years, the overall rate of unintended pregnancy has not changed and remains unacceptably high, accounting for approximately 50% of all pregnancies. The economic burden of unintended pregnancy has been recently estimated to cost taxpayers $11.1 billion dollars each year.”
The FHI360, a non-profit organization collaborating with “governments, civil society organizations, the private sector and universities” believes in using the philosophy of sustainability to “improve lives” and find ways to find “solutions for human development.”
Their stance on making the birth control pill OTC is that “unintended pregnancy is still a major public health problem” and making contraceptives easier to obtain would prevent these unintended pregnancies. “It removes all types of barriers.”
Eugenicists are concerned about the ability US citizens to procreate as evidenced in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention new report that states there is a palatable decline in abortions according to surveillance data.
The CDC report recounts: “Despite these multiple influences, given that unintended pregnancy precedes nearly all abortions,
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2012-11-29 13:43:14
Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2012/11/approving-over-counter-birth-control.html