The Trump administration issued two new rules on Friday that will roll back Obamacare’s mandated birth control coverage.
As a result, many are turning to Twitter to speak out about the roll back in contraception coverage, using the hashtag "#HandsOffMyBC."
Your employer should absolutely ZERO business in your private health decisions #HandsOffMyBC
Birth control helps prevent unwanted pregnancies and abortions. Women have fundamental human rights. They are not incubators. #HandsOffMyBC
Why is birth control more regulated than weapons? #HandsOffMyBC
I'm a Christian. This is not about my religious freedom. This is about controlling women's sexuality. That's all this is. #HandsOffMyBC
WOMEN TRIED T0 TELL YOU: It Was Never About Abortion And Always About Women's Right To Control Reproduction. #HandsOffMyBC
I am a man, but I use women's birth control. I don't have to pay for it, or take the pills, but I use it all the same. #HandsOffMyBC
Others used the hashtag to talk about the different uses of birth control.
I recently found out that I am infertile. I also have PCOS. I take birth control to treat those symptoms. #HandsOffMyBC
BIRTH👏🏼CONTROL👏🏼IS👏🏼ALSO👏🏼USED👏🏼TO👏🏼TREAT👏🏼CHRONIC👏🏼HEALTH👏🏼CONDITIONS👏🏼 #HandsOffMyBC https://t.co/Dk3WVNhkTY
I used to pass out from the intense cramps I got from my period. Literally, my roommate would find me on the floor. So, #handsoffmyBC.
I’m a lesbian who took birth control for years to help alleviate severe endometriosis. #HandsOffMyBC https://t.co/AAZ2cB9vtj
My Nexplanon has made it so I don’t get a period anymore. Now I don’t have to miss class/work because of debilitating cramps. #HandsOffMyBC
Some expressed concern about employers and bosses having the ability to opt-out of coverage.
#HandsOffMyBC Honestly, it's not about the BC for me. It's about my employer deciding his religion trumps my doctor.
I use birth control because I want to have sex and not get pregnant. And my access to BC shouldn't depend on my boss or job. #HandsOffMyBC
I love that my employer gets more say in what I do with my body than I do Said no woman ever. #HandsOffMyBC
And the new monthly costs that could result.
And if her employer stops covering birth control she will be out $50 or more each month for a medically necessary u… https://t.co/jJ50mHHNoH
When my wife got an IUD, that cost impacted the household budget. It was paid for from the same $ we used to pay fo… https://t.co/PRMYYeGV86
In the meantime, four groups have already said they would file lawsuits against the Trump Administration over the new rules.
