In an era in which the Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning Roe v. Wade, has returned to the States the right to preclude access to legal abortion, and of which some of these States have thereby made abortion illegal, or have enacted onerous conditions to such; then we do so find that a given woman’s reproductive choices have been circumscribed. While at this point, it seems problematic or even hopeless, that the Federal government will pass legislation thereby permitting abortion to continue along the lines that had previously been in existence, over the last fifty or so years, the limits of what this Federal government could still do, does contain some options.
One of the things that is very important in regards to healthcare, is obtaining the knowledge, sooner as compared to later, of whether a given person’s potential adverse health condition, does or does not exist for them. In other words, the sooner that a diagnosis is made about cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and so on and so forth, the sooner a plan of resolution can be developed to ameliorate such, to correct such, or to deal with such in a way and manner that is best and most efficacious for that particular patient. Those then, on the other hand, that only see a medical practitioner, when they get to that point, in which, for instance, their cancer has metastasized, provides thus for that medical practitioner, no real good options, to successfully overcome such.
When it comes to discovering whether one is pregnant, there are known tests, such as a blood test or a urine test, that are highly accurate – in which, we do so find, that a urine test is the type of test, that can be safely done at home, without having the need of any other institution or person to assist in getting an accurate reading, when the basic instructions to such, are thereby duly followed. This would so indicate, that in fairness, to all the women that do get pregnant, but did not desire to be pregnant, that the sooner that they become knowledgeable as to whether they are pregnant, is going to be the type of knowledge which is going to be of benefit to them. Further to the point, there isn’t really anything precluding this government, from deciding that fair access to a urine pregnancy test, should be readily available, free of charge, to all women, within America. In fact, it could be said, that because urine pregnancy tests are not invasive, whatsoever, and are easy to utilize, that there isn’t any good reason why all women that are capable of becoming pregnant, shouldn’t thereby test themselves, every single time when their menstrual period has been missed or basically at any point that they feel the urgency to do so.
The bottom line is that women have the fair right to know whether they are or are not pregnant, and in a situation in which time most definitely makes a difference, especially in regards to viable options -- it would behoove this federal government to do more to see that women are provided with that information, sooner as compared to later, so that decisions of volition can be made.