Access to birth control improves the health of women and their families
In 2012, the Center for American Progress found that for uninsured Americans, the potential annual cost of oral contraceptives alone is $1,210. Having affordable health insurance would help decrease the price of birth control.
Access to Birth Control by Race
White women have greater access to effective birth control methods than their minority counterparts
Hispanic women have less access to effective contraceptive methods
Being uninformed on various birth control can lead to ineffective uses of birth control methods
Hispanics tend to be less informed than whites and people of color