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Opinion: What Mike Huckabee Wants to Take Away From Women — Sandra Fluke, Newsweek

. . . Access to birth control is not just a health issue; it’s an economic issue. When women can control their lives with birth control, they can help the economy. It allows them to take better care of themselves and their families, support themselves financially, complete their education, and keep or get a job.

According to the Shriver Report, released last week by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress, one-third of all American women are living at “the brink of poverty.” Forty-two million women, and the 28 million children who depend on them, are “living one single incident — a doctor’s bill, a late paycheck, or a broken-down car — away from economic ruin,” the report reveals.

Comprehensive insurance coverage that includes no-copay birth control supports these women, and all women, in their fight to keep their family financially stable. It allows them to plan out the timing and size of their family, and for many it eliminates costly health care procedures like surgery for ovarian cancer, which birth control helps prevent.