Idaho Universities prohibited from referring or distributing birth control

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it the schools responsibility to do this? Why not go to a doctor in private practice? I assume most people are on their parent's insurance if you are shipping them to an out of state school they have money to pay for insurance back home.

"It wouldn't affect someone like me so why should I care?"

FWIW, I was on student health insurance at a public university during graduate school. I was an adult who wanted to be on birth control. I am glad I was in a state where that was possible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it the schools responsibility to do this? Why not go to a doctor in private practice? I assume most people are on their parent's insurance if you are shipping them to an out of state school they have money to pay for insurance back home.

You think a university health center should not provide emergency contraception to a student who is raped? She should have to go find a private doctor to do this? Wow.

i am talking about regulars contraception and i am pretty sure if they are distributing it in case of rape that has to be reported and the schools report those crimes and it shows up in the campus crime rates. I would also hope the victim goes to the hospital to allow for proper screening and evidence collection.

And you know darn well most rape victims don't because they know nothing will happen to the rapist, but the woman will be put through hell and abused by the system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it the schools responsibility to do this? Why not go to a doctor in private practice? I assume most people are on their parent's insurance if you are shipping them to an out of state school they have money to pay for insurance back home.

Because student health services is ON Campus. For some college campuses, it might be a $20+ Uber ride to/from a doctor off campus. Add in the time to do this and it can be costly in many ways.

[Anonymous]

And of course, some states are looking into banning certain types of birth control.

Welcome to Gilead. Ireland is more progressive that we are on this issue. IRELAND!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to a jesuit school in the northeast and student health was also not allowed to distribute or even counsel about birth control

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Yes, BC perhaps? It works out ok for students in the Northeast because assuming a student is in Massachusetts, the state is not stripping away those rights and they have easy access to reproductive care at Planned Parenthood. Idaho is whole other ball of wax.

[Anonymous]

This is Taliban level bs. Insane.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it the schools responsibility to do this? Why not go to a doctor in private practice? I assume most people are on their parent's insurance if you are shipping them to an out of state school they have money to pay for insurance back home.

Because student health services is ON Campus. For some college campuses, it might be a $20+ Uber ride to/from a doctor off campus. Add in the time to do this and it can be costly in many ways.

Also time consuming -- I don't know if this is still the case, but when I was in college birth control needed to be picked up every month. One of the reasons I went off it was because I it was hard to get to the on campus pharmacy at a time it was open to get my prescription filled. No way would I have managed to get to an off-campus doctor AND an off-campus pharmacy every month, never mind the cost. Also the fuss -- do you think 18-year-olds in new cities are confident enough to research and find themselves new private practice doctors? I didn't know anyone in college who went anywhere for medical care except their pediatrician at home or the on campus medical center.

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Planned Parenthood would give me pill packs in multiples - maybe 3-4 months at a time? I did occasionally have to find time (and borrow a friend's car) to go to the one downtown in the city where my school was. But I was quite lucky that this was an option.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it the schools responsibility to do this? Why not go to a doctor in private practice? I assume most people are on their parent's insurance if you are shipping them to an out of state school they have money to pay for insurance back home.

You think a university health center should not provide emergency contraception to a student who is raped? She should have to go find a private doctor to do this? Wow.

i am talking about regulars contraception and i am pretty sure if they are distributing it in case of rape that has to be reported and the schools report those crimes and it shows up in the campus crime rates. I would also hope the victim goes to the hospital to allow for proper screening and evidence collection.

Rape is horrible and it is really bad in a place like Idaho. The abortion law is draconian so in top of the trauma of a rape...there is the trauma of what would be your choices in such a place. Avoid the state for college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is Taliban level bs. Insane.

Have you ever been up close and personal with the Taliban? If so you would never say this. Bring the over-emotional hyperbole down a notch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is Taliban level bs. Insane.

Have you ever been up close and personal with the Taliban? If so you would never say this. Bring the over-emotional hyperbole down a notch.

Have you ever been raped?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it the schools responsibility to do this? Why not go to a doctor in private practice? I assume most people are on their parent's insurance if you are shipping them to an out of state school they have money to pay for insurance back home.

Because student health services is ON Campus. For some college campuses, it might be a $20+ Uber ride to/from a doctor off campus. Add in the time to do this and it can be costly in many ways.

Also time consuming -- I don't know if this is still the case, but when I was in college birth control needed to be picked up every month. One of the reasons I went off it was because I it was hard to get to the on campus pharmacy at a time it was open to get my prescription filled. No way would I have managed to get to an off-campus doctor AND an off-campus pharmacy every month, never mind the cost. Also the fuss -- do you think 18-year-olds in new cities are confident enough to research and find themselves new private practice doctors? I didn't know anyone in college who went anywhere for medical care except their pediatrician at home or the on campus medical center.

Agreed! and no, most 18 yo don't have the time or energy to find themselves a new private practice doctor. My own freshman just needed to get to urgent care for first time, and helping them manage that was the experience everyone would expect (first time in Uber solo, first time at new dr solo so had to fill out all forms/etc themselves)----then had to get to the pharmacy 10 mins from campus to pickup the prescription for antibiotics. They had me to help them, but what if the 18 you can't have their parents help (parent's can't know about the BC)? The beauty of on campus health centers is that it doesn't need to go trhu insurance---which is often the parent's insurance.

In my experience (my oldest considered 3 Jesuit universities---we are not religious at all), all 3 Jesuit universities had a Planned Parenthood within 5 blocks of campus. They are there for many reasons---laregely the fact that Jesuit univerisites are in communities that would typically need PP for a lot of healthcare needs, but it definately was used by many students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thinking about sending your daughters to college in Idaho? Well think hard. She will be unable to get birth control from the university dispensary or hospital. No birth control pills or referrals under new Idaho abortion law. That includes emergency contraception and regular contraception. Staff could be charged with a felony for helping your daughter, even after a rape.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/education/idaho-universities-disallow-abortion-contraception-referrals-for-students

red states/conservative movement trying to move the US to some form of Sharia law. Some form of this needs to be the headliner for all progressives across the country

[Anonymous]

Idaho wasn't on our list, but the list of states where we'd feel comfortable send our DD seems to be shrinking.

[Anonymous]

I doubt anyone here plans on sending their kid to college in idaho and this entire thread is just an excuse to soapbox

If you actually want to send your kid to school in a low opportunity conservative state:

- There are online mail in prescription services (pill club is a popular one)
- DC, MD, and VA require extended birth control insurance coverage