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犹他州新法律增加了妇女获得节育的机会

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犹他州新法律增加了妇女获得节育的机会

May 03, 2018

获得计划生育服务最少的国家计划外怀孕率和孕产妇死亡率最高. Starting May 18th, 犹他州将成为少数几个允许女性选择由药剂师更新和重新配药的州之一, rather than a clinician. Women's health expert Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones 谈论新法律以及它对犹他州妇女的意义.

Episode Transcript

Dr. Jones: 如果你不需要去医生办公室更新你的避孕处方呢? What if low-income women, that includes moms and students, 是否有最有效的避孕手段? This is Dr. 来自犹他健康大学妇产科的Kirtly Jones说, 这就是《女性健康的七个领域.

Announcer: Covering all aspects of women's health. This is The Seven Domains of Women Health with Dr. Kirtly Jones on The Scope.

Dr. Jones: 如果每个孩子都是在母亲身体最好的情况下想要和计划好的,世界会变成什么样子, emotional, and financial health? 大发娱乐知道,母亲的健康状况和婴儿的早期环境对儿童和他们将成为的成年人有长期的积极和消极影响. 所以,为你的孩子做好计划,支持他们的成功是个好主意?

It turns out that governments, state and federal, 在决定谁应该接受节育方面有很强的控制力, what kind they get, and where they get it, and how much they pay for it. 在获得计划生育服务最少的州,意外怀孕率和孕产妇死亡率最高. On the other hand, 那些为妇女和家庭大发娱乐提供计划生育服务最多的州做得更好.

This year, 犹他州朝着让一些女性更容易获得、更负担得起避孕措施的方向迈出了一步. Firstly, Utah now joins a few other states, including California, Oregon, and Colorado, 允许女性通过药剂师更新和补充她们的避孕处方. 妇女避孕药具覆盖面存在差距的一个因素是她们的处方用完. 他们可能不得不回去看医生或执业护士. 这可能很耗时,需要请假或照顾孩子,而且可能很昂贵.

Now, 对于那些在有执照的医生那里开过处方的女性来说,处方可以由药剂师续订和补充, 这使得女性继续服用避孕药更加方便, patches, or rings. Just a few years ago, 这个想法不会得到犹他州立法机构的支持, 但事实是,在医疗保险的情况下,意外怀孕对国家来说是昂贵的, covering the pregnancies and deliveries, 那些不健康的女性怀孕的费用更高, 也会给她们出生的孩子带来更多的并发症, this got the legislators' attention this time.

The new law, which unanimously, I will say that again, 犹他州议会一致通过该法案,该法案将于5月8日生效, 2018. 女性需要在药店填写一份表格来评估她们的风险, 他们需要每两年而不是每年去看一次临床医生.

At the same time, 州长还签署了一项法案,增加最有效、最昂贵的可逆避孕方式的覆盖范围. 最有效的避孕方式是长效宫内节育器和植入物. They may last for 3 to 12 years depending on the type, 但可以随时取出,生育能力很快就会恢复.

按月计算,这些方法并不那么昂贵, but because all of the costs have to be paid upfront, many low-income women can't access these methods. 犹他州现在加入了许多州的行列,包括医疗补助豁免,允许低收入妇女在医疗补助中使用这些方法. 犹他州是七个没有豁免的州之一, and now it joins most of the states in the U.S. Of course, 这些方法需要训练有素的卫生专业人员来使用, and many doctors don't know how. 因此,下一项工作是确保该州的许多临床医生拥有为女性大发娱乐提供咨询的知识和技能.

So Utah is in the forefront with the few, 大多数蓝州在第一项法案中允许药剂师续签, for a year, a birth control prescription, and that is great. 该州正在追赶大多数州,通过第二项关于医疗补助豁免的法案. 这个新闻的很大一部分是,起草这些法案的立法者是由犹他大学的年轻专业人士告知的. 第一个法案是由犹他大学的一名药学研究生提出的, 第二个法案是由一位立法者提出的,他花了很多时间倾听一群年轻的临床医生和教育工作者的基本原理和想法. How great is that?

Wouldn't it be great if every baby born in our pretty, 伟大的国家可能是一个母亲在她最好的身体想要和计划, psychological, 在她的七个健康领域中,财务健康是最重要的? Did I say that already? It would be really great. 我在这次节目中至少说了七次很棒,所以我真的很兴奋.

Ladies, at the end of the day, it's really up to you. But now, it just got a little easier. And thanks for joining us on The Scope.

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