The hashtag #ThxBirthControl enjoyed its moment in the trending spotlight this week. An inundation of tweets and retweets from individuals singing the praises of birth control and all the apparently wonderful things it has done flooded Twitter. Birth control users adoringly thanked their various birth control methods in a social media sea of adulation with tweets such as:
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#ThxBirthControl for halting my period and letting me feel less gender dysmorphia !!
and…
#ThxBirthControl for helping with my acne, my monthly pain, and making it so I don’t have any accidental pregnancies. I ❤ you.
— Helen Kiaya (@HelenKiaya) November 16, 2016
Many of these birth control enthusiasts are particularly elated because Obamacare has made birth control “free.” Highlighting this “free” birth control has been a big part of Planned Parenthood’s current birth control campaign on social media.
Check out this tweet:
Planned Parenthood
✔@PPFA
Under Obamacare, birth control is free, without a copay! Sign up for health insurance: http://bit.ly/info4aca #ThxBirthControl
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Learn about your current health insurance plan or how you can sign up for coverage. Read more to understand what the laws of health insurance mean for you.
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And this one:
Planned Parenthood
✔@PPFA
Have you benefited from free, no-copay birth control under the ACA? Let your lawmakers know! #ThxBirthControl #CosmoXBedsider
And this one:
Planned Parenthood
✔@PPFA
With health insurance you get preventive care—like birth control, STD testing, & cancer screenings—for free, without a copay. #GetCovered
Of course, few things in this world are actually free. So who is paying for all this “free” birth control? Do you think Planned Parenthood is footing the bill? If you do, let me know and I will tell you how you can donate to my favorite charity…
The Mahoney Fund.
Planned Parenthood is not giving away anything for free and is still making money from providing “free” birth control. How much the abortion chain is making on birth control with Obamacare varies from state to state, but there is no doubt that the abortion giant is still getting its cut.
Remember, Planned Parenthood always tries to make it look like it’s a noble and caring healthcare provider, but the organization doesn’t do ANYTHING that is not lucrative. Planned Parenthood executives could not care less who is footing the bill as long as the money keeps flowing.
Finally, the reason Planned Parenthood has launched this birth control campaign on social media is because (1) the abortion chain is in a kind of panic mode over its future in light of the coming Trump administration, and (2) Obamacare allows one to obtain “free” birth control from plenty of other birth control providers; this has caused Planned Parenthood to lose a significant amount of its birth control business.
Planned Parenthood’s birth control campaign is not about any altruistic concern to help women celebrate and/or benefit from “free” birth control. It is about trying, somewhat desperately, to hold on to existing clients, and of course, try to get some new ones.
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