Harry Reid and Hillary Clinton (an anti-choice and pro-choice senator, respectively) have proposed a bill that would require health insurances to cover birth control. The bill includes providing accurate sex education to low-income women. The purpose is to avoid the abortions. It tackles the problem at the root (one reason why I like Democrats).

There is no question that the rate of unintended pregnancy is too high in the United States.

Half of the 6 million pregnancies each year in this country are unintended, and nearly half of these unplanned pregnancies end in abortion. It doesn't have to be this way.

The article cites that many insurance plans cover Viagra, but not birth control. I’d love to see abortions much fewer, but like these two senators, I know that outlawing abortion doesn’t solve the problem. The Prevention First Act will certainly help. Hopefully, a receptive congress can hear this bill next year (I doubt that this would pass or even get time on the floor in the current House and Senate).