Lois Capps: “I rise on behalf of the millions of women who now have access to essential preventive health services, including birth…”

“I rise on behalf of the millions of women who now have access to essential preventive health services, including birth control, without financial barriers. Nearly every American woman will choose to use birth control at some time in her life. It helps women plan for the time they are healthy enough and financially ready to start a family. That is better for her and for her family. That is why the Institute of Medicine deemed it an essential preventive health service for women. Women across the Nation support it being available to them with no copay. Now, some women have found that their bosses think they know better than they do, that their CEO has more at stake in her health care decisions than her doctor. This is not right. Every woman has the right to be in charge of her body and her health. Suggesting otherwise is offensive, out of touch, and out of bounds. ____________________”