Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez proposes free, over-the-counter birth control; eased restrictions on MDMA and other drugs
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for easier access to birth control. The first-term congresswoman from New York suggested women shouldn't have to pay top dollar for prescriptions — or at all for that matter.
Under the U.K.'s National Health Service, women are able to receive contraception, including three varieties of birth control pills, without having to pay for it. Access to contraceptives is openly available at community contraception clinics throughout the country in addition to sexual health clinics. Doctors, of course, are also able to give them out for free to patients.
The proposal is an amendment to an appropriations bill funding various parts of the government for Fiscal Year 2020. It aims to remove an inclusion that prevents spending federal money on"any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance in the Schedule I" of the Controlled Substance Act.
In the legislation, Ocasio-Cortez suggested the psychoactive ingredient found in psilocybin and MDMA have"shown promise in end of life therapy and treating PSTD." Under Schedule I drug restrictions, though, scientists aren't able to extensively research more potential benefits of the drug.
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