Opinion | Ginny Ehrlich: 'Birth control has been a game changer for women’s equality, it's also a basic element of women’s health care.'
, one-third of the wage gains women have achieved since the 1960s are the result of access to oral contraceptives. Prior to the advent of oral contraceptives, women earned 60 cents for every male dollar. While it’s still not an even playing field, women now make 78 cents for every male dollar.
Economists find that women do significantly better in the labor market when they can better time their entry into parenthood., “It’s no accident that my three kids were born three years apart—or that I didn’t have my first child until I’d finished graduate school and devoted a decade to my career at Microsoft. My family, my career, my life as I know it are all the direct result of contraceptives.
and it is clear to see why. Birth control gives women the ability to plan, prevent, and space pregnancies, which is directly linked to benefits to women, men, children, and society. Those benefits include more educational and economic opportunities, healthier babies, more stable families, and reduced taxpayer burden.
Women have come incredibly far since the years that birth control was legalized, but progress is not victory: those 21 female CEOs hold only 4.2% of CEO positions in America’s 500 biggest companies. In addition, there are millions of women who lack access to birth control; recent research conducted by The National Campaign shows that in the U.S. almost 20 million women eligible for publicly funded contraception live in.
So today, as we celebrate Women’s History Month, let’s all thank birth control for all it has made possible for us and our families. In fact, I ask you to share your thoughts on social media using the #ThxBirthControl hashtag and pledge to have a conversation about all that birth control makes possible with friends, family, constituents, neighbors, and most importantly, those who represent you in Congress.
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