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Contraceptive protection is something every woman must have access to, to control her own destiny.

For the record, I believe that women and their doctors should have access to oral contraception when desired by the patient and medically appropriate.

For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity.

It is essential that the women's preventive coverage benefit, including contraception, be available to all women, regardless of what health plan they have or where they work - as Congress intended. Providing access to birth control just makes good sense.

Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing unintended pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion.

I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it's a controlled substance.

We're more effective than birth control pills.

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.

Birth-control is effecting, and promising to effect, many functions in our social life.