Blogs Comment On Latina Reproductive Health Issues, Other Topics

16.08.2010 The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries.

~ "Latinas and the High Cost of Birth Control," Silvia Henriquez, Huffington Post blogs: "As it stands, health care reform does nothing to minimize or eliminate ... costly copayments for birth control for working women," Henriquez, the executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, writes. Over a span of 30 years, birth control can cost more than $15,000 in copays and related fees, according to Henriquez. "[S]cant attention is paid to the financial, regulatory and social barriers that stop many Latinas from accessing the birth control they seek," even when they have insurance, she writes. While some health programs are available to pregnant Latinas, access to birth control for Latinas who are not pregnant is not secure. In a recent focus group, Latinas of Mexican origin in Texas said they "feel devalued by the fact that they qualify for health services when they are pregnant, but are largely ignored otherwise," according to Henriquez.

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