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Chairman and members of the committee,
Our names are Courtney Joslin and Marc Hyden, and we are with the R Street Institute, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research organization. Our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government in many areas, including public health. That is why SB 151 is of special interest to us.
While we are not advocating for any particular action on this legislation, we believe that the status quo cannot continue in perpetuity. As it stands, South Carolina has the nation’s 15th-highest teen birth rate; 50 percent of all of South Carolina’s pregnancies are unplanned of which 29 percent result in abortions; and in 2010, the general public funded the medical expenses associated with nearly 80 percent of the state’s unintended pregnancies, costing over $400 million.
Chairman Casey and members of the House Health and Human Services committee:
My name is Courtney Joslin and I am a Resident Fellow for the R Street Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization whose mission is to engage in policy research that supports free markets and limited, effective government. I lead R Street’s research on state policies for birth control access, with a focus on sensible deregulatory efforts such as pharmacist-prescribed birth control. I appreciate the opportunity to elaborate on how other states have safely increased access to effective family planning methods with this model.
To date, 17 states and Washington, D.C., now allow pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control. While first available in Oregon in 2016, the pharmacy access model has been studied for its safety and ability to increase birth control access for over a decade. A 2008 trial study in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association found that almost all
Panelists:
Dr. Jeffrey Singer, Visiting Fellow at the Goldwater Institute and practicing general surgeon, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Courtney Joslin, Resident Fellow at R Street Institute
The state of healthcare in America receives bipartisan criticism, but the proposed solutions to increase access, affordability and autonomy are often divided down party lines. Now, we’ve seen how the COVID-19 pandemic served as a stress test for our healthcare system in general; access to medical care was threatened, and many lawmakers and governors rushed to issue reform measures that would help citizens receive the care they need while navigating the pandemic. Fortunately, many of these temporary measures were free market, deregulatory measures that worked. As we move forward, it is time to examine how states can permanently improve health care for citizens. Join our panel as we discuss what states can do to improve access, affordability and autonomy in healthcare.
How Broader Birth Control Access Aligns with Conservative Values and Policy Agendas
WASHINGTON (Jan. 13, 2021) While birth control access is usually thought of as a left-of-center issue, some of the family planning programs we have today are thanks to Republican politicians. Advocating for broader birth control access can both strengthen conservative messaging on individual autonomy, as well as appeal to voters’ values. As conservative policymakers consider their agendas for 2021, it is important to consider how birth control policy fits within those priorities.
In a new policy study [1], R Street resident fellow Courtney Joslin and resident senior fellow C. Jarrett Dieterle of the Commercial Freedom team find that increased birth control access aligns with many limited government principles: it removes governmental barriers, decreases regulations and promotes individual autonomy. Because of this, broader birth control access should become a larger part of the conservative pla