C. Debates over the Affordable Care Act have focused on the desire of some conservatives to cut funding for contraception assistance.

1. This has been one of the thorniest sticking points as President Obama has worked to legislate the ACA.

2. According to IU, with its implementation next year, the ACA would help contraceptive rights by "making preventive care features such as contraception free for women with insurance. This will make the more expensive, longer-acting forms of contraception available to more women

V. As the discussion here above demonstrates, the discussion over birth control is largely a medical and scientific one, moved by the primary goal of improving the effectiveness and availability of birth control. Considerable evidence in these areas suggests that birth control usage has a number of benefits to the public...

However, evidence also suggests that our achievement these public health goals must likely always navigate a quagmire of dissenting views.
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Primary:

Alta Charo, J.D. (2012). Warning: Contraceptive Drugs May Cause Political Headaches. New England Journal of Medicine, 366, 1361-1364.

Neergaard, L. (2012). OB/GYNs Back Over-the-counter Birth Control Pills. Associated Press.

Secondary:

Cell Press. (2012). Finally, the Promise of Male Birth Control in a Pill: Compound Makes Mice Reversibly Infertile. Science Daily.

Colton, F.; Colton, E. & Djerassi, C. (2011). Oral Contraceptive History. About Inventors.

Indiana University (IU). (2011). Not Your Mother's Birth Control, Same Troubles. Science Daily.

MacMillan, a. (2012). Study: IUDs, Implants Vastly More Effective Than the Pill. Health.com.

Moore, K. (2011). iContraception? Smart Birth Control Should be as Sexy as Your Smartphone. RH Reality Check.

Rettner, R. (2012). Birth Control Pills Shouldn't Need Prescription, Docs Say. NBC News.

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