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Gretchen Borchelt, vice president for reproductive rights and health for the National Women’s Law Center, said that if Republicans in Congress succeed at that, then individuals would still be able to access contraception but it would not be covered by the New Mexico Health Exchange. That could impact access for individuals who are not eligible for Medicaid but who live on a limited budget and lack private health insurance.
Borchelt said that putting any barrier in the way of reproductive healthcare can mean that more vulnerable communities are less likely to seek the care.
“We have seen in the data that when you have better access for people, especially Black and Indigenous people or people with disabilities or others who have historically faced oppression or coercion, the more access they have to contraception, it improves their ability to get out of harmful relationships. They can move forward in their career and move forward in health. Putting barriers harm those communities the most,” Borchelt said.
Borchelt said another thing Project 2025 calls for is to carve out of the ACA coverage male contraception methods, which is covered under the women’s benefit in the ACA. Borchelt said the reason for it is because Project 2025 is “really leaning into gender binaries.”
“This is furthering their view that women are separate from men and they want to keep a bright line between them,” Borchelt said.
She said that making the purchase of male condoms harder to obtain doesn’t just impact pregnancy rates but also the rate of sexually transmitted infections.
