Every tax dollar spent on contraceptive care saves an average of three dollars in Medicaid funds alone that would have been spent on providing care to pregnant women and newborns.
Contraceptives cost less than the services related to pregnancy.
By contrast, of 100 oral contraceptive uses, only 3 will become pregnant within a year. There is nothing 'optional' about contraception. It is a medical necessity for women during 30 years of their lifespan. To ignore the health benefits of contraception is to say that the alternative 12 to 15 pregnancies during a woman's lifetime is medically acceptable. Luella Klein, ACOG Director of Women's Health Issues.