The objective of family planning in the United States is to enable individuals to determine the number and spacing of their children and to select the means by which that target may be achieved.
Doing so can bring many benefits including improved maternal health, the prevention of the spread of STDs, and decreased infant and child mortality rates.
[1] Teenage pregnancies are very involved in today's society and because of this the resources that are around for family planning is vital to the survival of these infants.
[5] Increasing use of highly effective contraceptives could help meet the goal set forward in Healthy People 2020 to decrease unintended pregnancy by 10%.
[5] Making contraceptives available without a copay increases use of highly effective methods, reduces unintended pregnancies, and may be instrumental in achieving the Healthy People 2020 goal.