The "Issue" Of Birth Control

Honestly, I don't even think this should have been a topic for debate. Contraceptives exist. They have for many years and they will for many more years, regardless of how much or how little sex anyone is having. I don't believe anyone should be labeled a slut for using contraceptives or expecting contraceptives to be covered under health insurance.
Firstly, we as the people of America do not pay a dime in tax dollars to the private insurance companies that cover and provide contraceptives to the girls that need it. So everyone needs to hush up about them apples because there are plenty of other, more pressing issues we could attack if we want to talk about taxing.
Secondly, contraceptives are used for much more than just sexual purposes, as we established in class. And I believe it's every girls right to have the option of birth control offered to them whether it's to control birth or not.
Thirdly, I agree with Joe and others that have mentioned the longterm prevention that contraceptives provide. Obviously the government would rather pay (if necessary) to provide women with birth control than have them off making babies left and right that they can't provide for. Which ultimately falls back on the government through welfare, food stamps, education, housing and other basic needs. It seems more logical to provide a few years of contraceptives than eighteen years of benefits to entire families in need that may have been prevented if the correct precautions were provided in the first place.

It is sad that these are the things that I have to worry about in my future as a woman in this country. I have to worry about whether or not I have the freedom to do what I want with my own body, or whether I will be able to stay healthy without having to pay thousands of dollars because I don't have the same benefits as everyone else. And what about our generations daughters? What will be next? I thought this was a country based upon freedoms and natural rights? So then why do I not have the right be a strong, independent woman of society without being ostracized and spat on?