Abortion rates have dropped for people in their 20s due to contraception access
thinkprogress.orgAnd people want to limit access to contraception because…?
Accreditation council wants to stop requiring family doctors to learn about birth control
rhrealitycheck.orgIn a dismaying move, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has proposed changes to the guidelines for family medicine residency programs removing the requirement that residents learn to provide contraception.
In one of the clinics where we work, a 16-year-old girl came in with a sprained ankle. She left with a prescription for birth control.
This turn of events is not as surprising as it seems: As family physicians, we treat the whole person. A quick update revealed that our 16-year-old patient had recently begun to have unprotected sex—and had no plan to get birth control. One of the reasons we love practicing family medicine is that we get to know our patients over time and provide the preventive care they need at every possible opportunity.
A majority of U.S. women get their basic health care from a family physician or other primary care provider, and often that includes reproductive health care. Especially in rural and low-income areas, family physicians do it all! They not only provide birth control but also provide prenatal care, deliver babies, manage miscarriages, counsel patients about unintended pregnancies, and, increasingly, offer pregnancy termination so that their patients do not have to travel long distances and see unfamiliar doctors for these services.
A little something that you people ARE NOT understanding
Some people think that abortion and contraceptives are wrong. Get it? Morally wrong. Romney doesn’t want to “take away your rights” as a woman, he just has a different belief than you. And believe it or not, many people believe this as well. Pardon me if murdering a child living in your body seems a tad inhumane. That’s just what I believe. So does Romney. He’s not trying to take away your rights. He’s fighting for lives. Babies’ lives. And also, people like me don’t want to pay for your abortions or your birth control. I have rights too, you know. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS. Read it again if you must.