Birth Control

I cannot see why birth control is not covered for all Americans. Family planning is a human right. If you don't believe in birth control, don't use it. I am sick of others telling me what to do with my body. If I want to get a tubal ligation at 25, that's my own damn business. I shouldn't need a note from a psychiatrist saying I am of sound mind, or a note from a hepatologist  saying that my life would be endangered by a pregnancy. I am not a baby-making machine. I should be applauded for not having tons of children that society bears the burden of helping me raise, not villified for being "unnatural," or forced into owing thousands of dollars for the priceless right  to decide whether or not I will be a mother. Children can be a blessing, but they are the greatest responsibility there is. I am not mentally or physically able to take on the full-time job of raising children. I have a personal distaste for abortion, which is mentally and physically draining....so my natural choice would be to prevent pregnancy. Btw, my father, who once trained to be a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church, is a very vocal dissenter on the Vatican's position on birth control, of which I am immeasurably proud. Birth control is not just a women's issue- it is an issue that affects all of society.