More Women Are Considering Intrauterine Devices After Trump Got Elected

More women are considering the use of intrauterine devices as a result of Donald Trump’s presidential victory.

After the official announcement was made and Donald Trump was appointed President-elect, women across the country started considering intrauterine devices. In the months leading to Donald Trump’s takeover, pro-choice advocates and supporters have turned their attention to alternative, long-lasting prophylactic measures as a way of making sure that in the four years of his presidency, they will not be in a position to need expensive health care services or pregnancy termination operations.

The headlines of most women-oriented magazines such as Vogue, Glamour, and Elle, were focused on the topic of pregnancy prevention.

The idea is that one of the main items on the President-elect’s agenda is to repeal the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare. While the system is flawed in many ways, one of its stronger suits is the fact that it offered women free access to birth-control.

Now, when the act is repealed, women will have no choice but to pay for the medication, which almost always comes at a steep price.

Moreover, the President-elect has often expressed his dislike of Planned Parenthood clinics, claiming that he would do everything in his power to shut down as many as possible. This means that women across the country will soon have to travel long distances and go through extensive procedures to terminate a pregnancy.

All of these factors heavily weigh on the side of contraceptive rods or intrauterine devices. Apart from the fact that they still have a few months in which the procedure would be performed free of charge, they will also have a guarantee of protection on the long term.

The best part is that the devices are removable and their effects are reversible.

An IUD procedure is simple and rather painless. During the operation, a doctor implants the small device into the woman’s uterus. Its only goal is to kill sperm before it has a chance to reach an egg. According to the CDC, hormonal implants have a failure rate of only 0.2 percent, while copper devices present a 0.8 failure rate.

Intrauterine devices are effective for approximately 10 years.

During his campaign, the President-elect has not expressed a desired to ban birth control measures, but he repeatedly stated that all Planned Parenthood federal funding would be cut.

Are you considering the use of intrauterine devices?

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